Quilting and Patchwork

Grandma’s Quilt

by Mary Emma Allen on December 16th, 2005

As I shopped for groceries in Sioux Falls, SD, I noticed a display of paintings – actually prints from paintings. One that caught my eye was titled, “Grandma’s Quilt.”

A quilt was draped over a chair with sewing basket beside it. The intricate detail and warm colors reminded me of my sewing quilts with my grandmother. This would be a delightful picture to hang in one’s sewing room.

I also thought of the sketch I did for my book, The Magic of Patchwork. It depicts a young girl sewing with her grandmother. It’s in black and white. However, I could enlarge it, add color (or leave in black and white) and reproduce it to frame or print as postcards and notepaper.

Have you done any quilt related sketches in your journals and other projects you could use for cards and notepaper? It’s so easy with today’s scanners and printers.

(You can only do this with your own projects. There are copyright issues involved with other quilters’ and artists’ work.)

(c)2005

(If you have questions or stories to share, e-mail me: me.allen@juno.com. Type “quilt blog” in the subject line.)

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