Quilting

Last October, my Sister In-Law Elise and I decided we would like to learn to quilt! Mike's Stepmother, Claudia, is an amazing quilter, and in fact, taught Mike's mom to quilt before she passed away in November of 2002. We thought it would be an honor to be taught by her, and asked if she would help us out! She agreed, and we began our first quilting project. We decided we would both do the exact same quilt pattern, but just use very different fabric. We went shopping in the "Shop of Claudia" (she has more fabric than anyone could imagine!) and both picked out very unique Batik fabrics. Mine were incredibly bright and almost tie-dyed looking. Elise chose darker, more subdued colors. For a few weeks, once a week we would meet at Claudia and Paul's house and work away! Neither of us had sewing machines yet, so we shared Claudia's machine and even got to use Claudia's mother Ann's antique Singer. After a short while, we were done! Check out my work below: