The quilt is from a magazine pattern. I added the border because I couldn't bear to have the bias edges in the circles on the outside of the quilt. For some reason, it reminds me of when I was a kid and would go to the roller disco. I had my own skates you know. I got them for my 7th birthday. If you look under the table you can see them (that's me in the yellow shirt which I also got for my birthday). We had a raging slumber party the night before that brought down the canopy bed. We went to the Rink (or the Loop) roller disco the next day for a party. My mother's mentor, Abena Joan Brown, rented a limo for us so we wouldn't think people just rode in limos during funerals. I still hear certain songs and think, "that's a fast skate" or "that's an all skate." And somehow, the music and all of those memories are caught up in this quilt.
Now, I've got two UFO's on the list. I'm half way through piecing the top of one of them. How exciting.
3 comments:
I am very proud of you honey. Let's eat scrapple to celebrate.
Congratulations on finishing. I really, really love that quilt, the motion and the lovely colours.
Really like the color mix, movement and rhythm you've created.
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