Another Quilt

I sewed two other quilts for my daughters in the past year.  For one of them, I took a class to learn how to make a Perkiomen Valley quilt.  This is a traditional quilt from southeastern Pennsylvania, designed by German Mennonite women in the 19th century.  It is a scrappy quilt using whatever small pieces of fabric a person might have.  In our class we exchanged fabric so we would have quite a variety of colors.  The pattern represents the river and hills in our part of the country.  Liana loves pink, so I call this Springtime in the Perkiomen Valley.

 

Before it was quilted

On the bed!

Back to Quilting

The past few months I have been helping the girls at 4-H complete their outfits by the end of the season.  At home I was busy sewing the wedding dresses.  Now 4-H has ended, except for the fair, and the wedding is over.  What to sew now?

Liana has been making Club Penguin stuffed animals and sewing clothes for them.  Arielle has started a summer top.  I decided to finish a quilt I began years ago. I call it my October quilt because it has all the colors of autumn, my favorite season.  The solid squares are made of hand-dyed fabric I bought in Amish country.  Several other fabrics have special meaning and I remember many winter nights by the woodstove as I pieced it.  This quilt was so near to completion but it has been bumped by other projects.  Today I added the final borders.  Now it just needs to be quilted! 

Deb

The Wedding Dresses

The junior bridesmaids' dresses were finally finished, just in time for the wedding.  What fun to actually wear them!  Here is a picture of the girls with their brother, the groom.  The dresses the girls made for 4-H were perfect for the garden rehearsal the night before.