Since I just showed you my latest quilt, I thought I'd share my first quilt with you. This quilt is over 30 years old. I used to work on it when my kids went to bed. I sewed the top on my husband's grandmother's sewing machine. It was a kit I bought from Keepsake Quilting. I hand quilted it although not very well! If you look closely, you'll see my hand quilting was on the larger size. I don't think it was too bad for my first every quilt project. I still display it.
Can you believe our younger cat, Molly, just turned 9 years old?? She'll be considered a senior cat next year. We bought this cake hoping to get a picture of her next to it but it just didn't happen. We enjoyed the cake anyways. Any excuse for cake is fine with me!!
This week's prompt is whether we like to sing. When I was 10 years old, my parents bought me this beautiful piano. I used to go to school early so I could play the piano in the classroom. I was so thrilled to have my own piano in my house. My brother and I took lessons for years. We had recitals and actually played duets together. With all that playing, we always sang along! My brother was in a few musicals in high school. I never was so public with my singing. I would sing while I played the piano but I was very private about it. I'm not sure how great my voice is but it's just fun to sing when no one is around! The piano is in my house now. I don't play it as often but I love having it with me.
Have a great weekend! I'm off to buy border fabric!
Both quilts are fabulous!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Angela! I was so proud to have finished that first quilt all those years ago!
DeleteThanks for sharing your first quilt, just lovely too like your sampler blocks. I like them together like that too. I remember buying things from the Keepsake catalogue. How neat to celebrate with cake...must remember that when Ned's birthday rolls around...like you say any excuse for cake. I'm not at all surprised you play the piano. You are multi talented!
ReplyDeleteYou're so nice to me, Jocelyn! Thank you! I actually thought I may want to be a music major when I was in high school but opted for something a little more practical. In other words, my dad pushed me towards health care so I just went along with it. All these years later, I wonder what my life would have been like had I fought my father a little more.
DeleteI love that flimsy. Your old quilt is beautiful. Any reason for cake! I remember taking years of piano lessons!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Sally! It's amazing I can still read music, sort of!
DeleteYour new flimsy is very fun with all the variety of blocks, and I enjoyed seeing your first quilt, too! Happy Birthday to Molly - a perfect excuse for cake!
ReplyDeleteThank you! The cake was so good!
DeleteI love your scrappy quilt and it looks great sash-less! Your first quilt is lovely, so glad you still display it. "Big" quilting is trendy now! You were lucky to have a piano! I always wanted one and annoyed my best friends by trying to play theirs every time I went to their houses - lol! I wish our kitties could live as long as we do. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Linda. I was thrilled to get that piano. I'm so glad I have room for it in my house. I can't believe Molly is 9. I feel she was just a kitten!
DeleteI just loved the story of your piano... wouldn't that be perfect for reader's digest personal glimpses section?
ReplyDeleteI played piano from about age 7 through to 16 or so too. No brother to sing with though.
singing is releasing joy into the world... sing loudly and often I say
Thanks, LeeAnna! I think singing is good for the soul.
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