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A Family of Quilters

10th January 2010

A Family of Quilters

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I get asked many times “where did you get you sewing skills?” Well, I really believe I inherited many of my skills from my mom! You see, we grew up watching her sew, whether she was making our clothes, clothes for our dolls, or piecing quilts.

As we all got married and went our own way, we have always remained close and we discovered several years ago that we all have a love for fabric and for creating things with it. We have even been know to head of to parts unknown, just to track down a new quilt shop or attend a quilt show!

Here is a shot of my mom, the leader of this quilting group, my sisters Karen and Grace. This was one get together I didn’t make it too, but they are showing off the tabletoppers/wallhangings they made.

So you see, I really do think the sewing gene ran in the family!

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  1. 1 On January 10th, 2010, rose said:

    What a nice post and beautiful quilts!
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    posted on January 10th, 2010 at 5:32 am

  2. 2 On January 10th, 2010, Jude said:

    That’s great that all you girls got the love of sewing and creating from your Mother I bet you all have some great times when you get together.
    Jude´s last blog ..Nate And The Christmas Easel My ComLuv Profile

    posted on January 10th, 2010 at 11:16 am

  3. 3 On January 10th, 2010, heidi said:

    How fun to do it together and what beautiful quilts!!!!

    posted on January 10th, 2010 at 12:28 pm

  4. 4 On January 10th, 2010, Karen said:

    Hey! That’s me in the middle!
    Karen´s last blog ..100th Edition of Four Foods on Friday My ComLuv Profile

    posted on January 10th, 2010 at 5:03 pm

  5. 5 On January 10th, 2010, lynne said:

    Rose, Jude & Heidi! Yes, we do have a fabulous time together! It’s so much fun hunting down all those wonderful quilt shops. :-D

    posted on January 10th, 2010 at 7:07 pm

  6. 6 On January 10th, 2010, lynne said:

    Karen – It sure is! I love this picture! :-D

    posted on January 10th, 2010 at 7:07 pm

  7. 7 On January 11th, 2010, Grampy said:

    You ladies sure do good work. The sewing, quilting,crocheting and knitting genes are in my wife’s family.
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    posted on January 11th, 2010 at 8:17 am

  8. 8 On January 11th, 2010, Leigh said:

    It does sound like the sewing gene runs in your family. Unfortunately in mine, I was a skip. I used to love to watch my mom and grandma sew all the time, they ran a sewing/alterations/custom made gowns shop when we were little.
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    posted on January 11th, 2010 at 9:36 am

  9. 9 On January 11th, 2010, Buggys said:

    It’s so true! The other day I gave Buggy (my grandaughter/ 5yo) a pair of pajamas that I just made for her. She asked me if my Mom taught me how to sew, then asked if I would teach her how to sew also. You know that brought a smile to my face! I really enjoyed the fact that she made those connections and wants to keep it going.
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    posted on January 11th, 2010 at 9:29 pm

  10. 10 On January 11th, 2010, Rebecca said:

    It’s too bad you didn’t make it to the photo, but those quilts (and the quilting ladies0 look spectacular!
    Rebecca´s last blog ..Let’s Help This Family Out My ComLuv Profile

    posted on January 11th, 2010 at 10:44 pm

  11. 11 On January 12th, 2010, Rosie said:

    I have just decided that I want to give quilting a go and am hoping to get as good as these quilts show that your family have become!
    Rosie´s last blog ..Freeze a Crowd My ComLuv Profile

    posted on January 12th, 2010 at 8:35 am

  12. 12 On January 12th, 2010, lynne said:

    Leigh – Funny thing is, I didn’t really get into sewing this much until my daughter was older and I got tired of purchasing those cheap Halloween costumes. I got my 25 year old sewing machine out one day and made her a witches costume and the sewing bug took hold! I haven’t stopped since! (I even went out and bought a new machine!)

    posted on January 12th, 2010 at 1:51 pm

  13. 13 On January 12th, 2010, lynne said:

    Grampy – Seems like I’ve seen some of your wife’s work pictured on your blog?

    posted on January 12th, 2010 at 1:51 pm

  14. 14 On January 12th, 2010, lynne said:

    Buggys – I recently worked with my own daughter on a sewing project she did for school. It was amazing to watch her cut and stitch and create. I felt like I was passing along something important! :-D

    posted on January 12th, 2010 at 1:52 pm

  15. 15 On January 12th, 2010, lynne said:

    Rebecca – Yep, I missed out! They didn’t even make me one in my absence!

    posted on January 12th, 2010 at 1:53 pm

  16. 16 On January 12th, 2010, lynne said:

    Rosie – My favorite part of quilting is the beginning of the project, piecing all the fabric together. It’s like doing a puzzle and I love watching it all come together. Hope you enjoy it!

    posted on January 12th, 2010 at 1:54 pm

  17. 17 On January 13th, 2010, Rachel said:

    Those quilts are gorgeous! I too come from a family of quilters! I hope my daughters enjoy sewing too!

    P.S. Your blog is having some technical difficulties, only the bottom half of the window is visible. Email me if you want a screen shot. I know I’d want to be warned if my blog had a problem! I’ll come back and browse more later :)
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    posted on January 13th, 2010 at 2:06 pm

  18. 18 On January 14th, 2010, lynne said:

    Rachel – My 13 year old is enjoying sewing, although she doesn’t do it very often. She enjoys the crafty side of sewing and last year made a 16 inch tall fabric doll with clothes for a school reading project. It was actually pretty amazing!
    I’m sorry my site wasn’t working correctly for you yesterday and I do appreciate you letting me know. I was so busy restoring a computer yesterday that I never got online at all so was totally unaware. It is loading okay now, at least for me, so I hope whatever it was worked itself out.

    posted on January 14th, 2010 at 4:42 pm