Way back in the 1980's I was inspired by this quilt.
The pattern is "Flywheel".
My friend had it hanging way up on a wall in her entry.
It was made during the Depression era for my friend's mother as a wedding gift.
I was fascinated by the soft yellow background, rather unusual.
So I decided to make a copy. It was hard to find any yellow fabric at the time nor could I find an accurate pattern. This was before the internet or the use of all the tools we now have for quilt making.
Using a similar pattern I made this.
It is a much softer yellow than in the photos.
The pattern is "Flywheel".
My friend had it hanging way up on a wall in her entry.
It was made during the Depression era for my friend's mother as a wedding gift.
I was fascinated by the soft yellow background, rather unusual.
So I decided to make a copy. It was hard to find any yellow fabric at the time nor could I find an accurate pattern. This was before the internet or the use of all the tools we now have for quilt making.
Using a similar pattern I made this.
It is a much softer yellow than in the photos.
I am thinking I hand cut out all those pieces while watching some games, not the Olympics, but another international competition, maybe the Goodwill Games in 1986.
I was in a small quilt group at the time where we helped hand-piece blocks for each other.
And Geez Louise, I've been hand-quilting it from time to time ever since!
So the first night of the Winter Olympic Games, I pulled it out once again so I could quilt while watching the competitions.
Making headway with the goal of finally finishing this very 80's quilt THIS year.
I may break down and machine quilt the boarders.
I think our quilting foremothers would be just fine with that.
