Yes I'm very proud to announce that we do indeed have a new quilter in the family.
This is my 18 yr old granddaughter Chelsea, and she lives in the USA but spent the summer in Canada getting re-acquainted with her family.
While she was with us I was making the 'sleepover' quilt and Chelsea fell in love with the pattern. "Do you think I could do that Nana?" I told her you CAN do anything! "Could I make it into a purse?"
"A purse! Well I don't see why not." We went shopping that afternoon and she chose her fabrics, and colors. We had so much fun. "What! That fabric?" giggle, giggle..."Yes Nana. It's going to be so cool!" Well it turned out way cooler than I thought.
That same afternoon I set her up on my spare machine and she started stitching her 'strings' together. The 'maverick star' came next and the rest is history. Here is a picture of her purse. Yes it's very big and very colorful, but you have to be 18 yrs old to fully appreciate this purse.
This is the front and now for the back
It was so much fun doing this with her and seeing her enthusiasm as she went along. She was thrilled to have done all the work by herself.
We drove her to Detroit last weekend so she could get her flight back to her home state. I was sorry to see her go, but felt good about having shared this experience with her. Now she is all gung-ho to start a lap quilt for her dad who is totally into Nascar. She is also doing her own design in black/red and white checker flags. I can't wait to see it.
So yes folks I can honestly say that the art of quilting has been handed down in our family.
I'm so proud of her. Can you tell?
Until next time...
~~... Fran :c)
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