My Quilt #3 ~ Emily’s Quilt 1999

Emily’s Quilt 1999

 

This is my third quilt, the first one I made by myself.

I was motivated to make my third quilt after completing my second one. I found a quilt pattern in one of my quilting magazines that caught my eye. I was intimidated because I had never made a quilt on my own. But I decided to give it a try anyway. I didn't want to spend money on something I might "mess up," so I used fabric I had around for a long time.

Original Pattern from McCall's Quilting 1999

The quilt has thirty “Shoo Fly” blocks and, at the time, was somewhat of a challenge. The quilt has yellow sashing with red setting squares and measures 54 ½ by 61. The border and the backing are the same fabric, which has white daisies on a red background, so the quilt has a lot of red in it. It was machine quilted in-the-ditch by me.

A day or two after finally finishing the quilt, my 2-year-old granddaughter, Emily, was asleep on the sofa. Thinking of my newly-finished quilt, I covered her with it. The next morning – to my surprise – when she saw the quilt, Emily happily showed the quilt to her mother and told her “Look, Mama! Grandma gave this to me!” I never got my quilt back, and Emily slept with her quilt every night!

Well, that was eleven years ago.  Today my DGD Emily is 13 years old and is growing into a beautiful young woman.  She no longer sleeps with her red quilt; it has been loved so much that her mom has put it away for now.  Of course, she has other quilts her mom and I have made her, but this red quilt will always be special.

I love you, Emily!  Always, Grandma