Just wondering, do you save back issues of your quilting magazines? My grandmother did; she stored them in stacks under the guest room bed. When I was a teenager, I loved leafing through her Quilters Newsletters and imagining how I would color in the diagrams with fabric.
Here’s the story of another grandma, Anna, who saves her quilting magazines and encourages her granddaughter to translate quilt patterns into her favorite colors. The quilt shown here is based on my pattern, “Chevies on the Levee,” published in the September/October 2014 issue of McCall’s Quilting. Click here to see a picture of the original quilt.
Meet Sarah. “I play travel volleyball, take piano, and I love to sew! When I was five I made my first quilt with my grandmother. I got tired of my old quilt so I set out to find a more modern design. I was thinking about a chevron quilt, and my grandmother found one in your 2014 September/October Magazine! I decided I wanted the colors aqua, coral, white and gray. My grandmother cut the pieces and I sewed everything together. We added a beautiful label to the backing and finally started to quilt. It was my first time quilting a quilt all by myself!”
Please comment with encouraging words for Sarah:
Bravo, Sarah and Anna! And yes, I save most of my old quilting magazines.
Thank you and that is wonderful!
I love the idea that she needed something “modern” then picked a pattern from a 3 year old magazine !! I love this quilt because it IS bright, modern, yet has some open space! Nice finish for Sarah & Anna.
Thank you and I am also happy that I was able to use that magazine!
Sarah, your color choices are striking and on trend. Your work is very good. So glad you shared! ☺️
Thank you and I am so excited that I shared this too! These are also my favorite colors!
What an accomplishment for a young lady busy with high school! I love your color choices Sarah! Well done!
Thank you! Fun fact: I am actually going into the 7th grade!
Beautiful quilt Sarah! Keep on quilting!
Thank you!
Congratulations, Sarah! You did a good job on your quilt. I think that no matter what you do in life, you will always be a quilter!
Thank you and yes I will!
How fun! I love that Sarah is spending time with her grandmother and making not only a beautiful quilt but wonderful memories!
Thank you and we did have a wonderful time!
You took a pattern and made it your own! Keep up the creativity!
Thank you and I will keep it up!
How wonderful to be adding to your quilting knowledge, and building a deep relationship with your grandmother. Your quilt is wonderful.
Thank you and I have had a great bonding experience with my grandmother!
Fantastic to see you expressing yourself with your colors. Congratulations on completing this quilt.
Thank you!
Congratulations to Sarah! You did a beautiful job and what a quilter you are! I may want to hire you to quilt my tops whenever you are ready. I know you had the very best mentor in your Grandma. She’s also one of the best! Carolyn Anderson
Thank you so much Carolyn! And yes, I did have the very best quilting mentor!
Thank you so much for putting me in your blog, Abby! I am so honored that you asked me to be in your blog! I will try to read your blog in my free time when I don’t have school work! Again, thank you so much!
You are so very welcome, Sarah! I know you enjoyed reading the encouraging comments. I join in complimenting you. Not many young ladies your age demonstrate such patience and skill. Keep up the modifying of patterns, the piecing, and the longarming! In the future, feel free to send me pictures of your projects to share with blog readers.