A Quiltmaker's Album: I'm missing four blocks!

Wednesday, 23 January 2013

I'm missing four blocks!

I'm laying out the stars and sprigs quilt, and have discovered I'm missing four blocks...four applique sprig blocks! I'm scratching my head and just standing in my sewing room trying to figure out where they went. I know I sewed them! At least I think I know I sewed them, lol. Well this puts a damper on my day.

An Album Quilt

Quiltmakers often designed and made an Album quilt to commemorate an occasion in the life of the group, recipient, or maker of the quilt.

The Album quilt would have pieced blocks and/or applique, and often would include signatures. They have been presented as wedding quilts, gifts to leaving religous leaders, and gifts to those who are moving away. The quilt blocks and design would provide memories of the time spent with the quiltmaker(s).

My blog name is A Quiltmaker's Album because I see my blog postings as forming one large album quilt, each blog posting as a block to remember my quilting adventures.