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I had the best time this afternoon. The contemporary music director of our church has two daughters, ages 8 and 13. She called me last week and said that Myra, the eight year old, wanted to make a quilt to enter in the fair and what should she do. I said bring her to my house and we will get started and to bring Inanna because I was sure I could find something for her to do also. They arrived this afternoon and, happily, Mom decided to leave and go get a cup of coffee.
I gave Myra 3 options of simple quilts that she could make. She chose to do a 4 patch alternating with a solid block. I then let her have at my fabric stash. I was expecting her to select pinks and purples and lime green! Instead, she chose a very sophisticated color scheme of warm browns and creams with some orange thrown in. I cut 2 1/2 inch strips and showed her how to strip piece. I set the Bernina at a low speed. Myra was a pro. She churned out the strips. Here she is:
Then we cut the strips into 4 1/2 inch pieces which she then strip pieced into the 4 patch blocks:
Here she is hard at work on the design wall:
Here is Myra looking very pleased with her design:
We selected a nice border fabric and she and her mom are going shopping for a dark brown inner border and binding.
Inanna loved my fused abstract quilts so I had her select a palette of fabrics which we fused. I thought it was best for a thirteen year old to take her stash home and work on her own. Her she is with her fused fabric choices.
Notice Maggie’s wagging tail. She is always in the middle of whatever is going on up here in the studio. Anyway, I had a great afternoon.
Day 12 of Twenty Days of Virtue Hanging in there! Got in 45 minutes of aerobics this morning and am really not missing adult beverages or sweets. I gave the girls cookies and lemonade and I drank water! I’m feeling smaller. The pants are buttoning more easily so I think this is working!
Kudos to you! Who knows what you have begun here? Creativity begets creativity, and you may have planted the seeds of a life-long pleasure for both girls.
lucky girls having you, it looks like you all enjoyed the afternoon,
Wow….that sure looks like fun! Myra has a great eye! Here’s hoping she gets a blue ribbon! And her sister’s choices….will be very interesting to see what she comes up with! A friend’s 2 daughter’s and some of her neice’s expressed an interest in doing some kool-aid dyeing and tie-dye shirts. Have to wait until Claudia has her surgery…she has a fracture of the right orbital bone where her sister, Corintha accidentally kicked her. Vision is, thankfully, 20/20 but the nerve and muscle control of the eye motion and lid are compromised. But, once she is all fixed up I think a day in the back yard making cool colors is in order!!
teri
Gerrie,
You have given Myna and Inanna memories that they will cherish the rest of their lives. I speak from experience, as 40 some years ago a quilter asked me to join her in making a quilt and I am still at it with the memories of Flora and my Gram at their frames.
What a sweatheart you are! Enjoy the weekend.
Jeannie
What a very generous person you are. I don’t mean with the fabric! but the time! That is really special.
Good job!
What a great day for ALL of you! I had to laugh at the 4 patch quilt…who know you had such “sedate” selections in your stash?! No one would ever guess that those came out of your studio…but that’s what makes this an amazing art–she already found her own art with your stuff! Good for you for doing your bit to pass the torch!
You are such a wonder, Gerrie. I bet the young ladies think you are the absolute best. Their pieces look fantastic. Isn’t it interesting how one liked the idea of fusing and the other piecing?
Oh wow….Myra’s fabric choices are lovely!! I’m amazed and impressed that someone 8 years old chose those. I think her color sense is more sophisticated than mine. (grin)
I hope she loves making her quilt and gets hooked because I think the girl has The Eye!
Gerrie,
You are an angel! Those girls must have had a great time. Enjoy the good karma that returns to you.
I love your studio, too.
Hugs,
Mary