The impromtu quilt gets finished!! I did a fun and wacky free motion that took an hour. I love it.
But, then.....My sister said that my grandmother's beloved vintage hippos were not my grandmother's at all, but hers!!! Whatever!
She said that when she was 15, she rode the Greyhound bus from Phoenix to New Mexico to visit her girl friend...She and her friend, already fabric lovers, poured over the Sear's catalog where she ordered the yellow hippos...Good Lord.
Well, since my sister is 55, that makes the hippos 40 years old instead of 50 years old. They must have mixed in with Grandma's fabric since she always lived with us.. And, my sister does not even love them. Sigh...
At quilting the other night, my sister!!! Yup, the same one... decided that I could not give a sick child in the hospital a quilt with an unpleasant...whatever...backing. She put away my choice and took out my cool and awesome Anna Marie Horner print that I was hoarding...I mean saving. She ironed it and put it out for the quilt...Poor me....Now I love the quilt and do not even want to give it away. Guess I will keep it for a month or two and then share...
Poor Zoe!
You're making me laugh!! Picking backing fabric is a tricky thing. Keeping the quilt for a little while before you give it away is a good idea. It sounds like you have fun times with your sister. I love how she remembers all about riding on the bus and picking the yellow hippo fabric.
ReplyDeleteYou're making me laugh!! Picking backing fabric is a tricky thing. Keeping the quilt for a little while before you give it away is a good idea. It sounds like you have fun times with your sister. I love how she remembers all about riding on the bus and picking the yellow hippo fabric.
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