The polyester doubleknit friendship stars that I found at my Mom's house is about 3/7 done. The Easter egg pastels were either un-used yardage or left-over scraps from dress making by my Mom & both of my grandmothers. (Though one was from my prom dress -- NO laughing!) They were all good church women, so I am thinking of calling the finished comforter something like Sunday School Stars or Full Immersion Stars or Church Lady Stars. (Please feel free to voice your opinion.) Sewing doubleknit is a bit like sewing corrugated cardboard; it is hard to imagine wearing a dress made of this stuff -- it must have been like a suit of armor! And it makes this weird, sludge-like lint in my machine. I've been digging deep into my old stash and found some flannel with pastel cats that will be good for the back.
From nifty quilts I learned about National Corduroy Appreciation Day -- 11 November 2011, 11-11-11, of course! I used to save corduroy for quilt making, but jettisoned all of it several moves ago. But I do still have a top that my Mom and I found thrifting probably 25 years ago. I pulled it out and found *another* huge chunk of flannel (cowboys!) for the back. Now it is ready to prep for tying.
* My apologies to David Sedaris, though I think his sister, Amy, would approve.
2 comments:
I LOVE your polyester and corduroy! In fact, I was looking for inspiration for my 11-11-11 quilt, and now I think you've supplied it.
Ah, the not-so-fond memories of polyester double knit. My grandmother used to teach classes in sewing with it. There was a special stitch to it could stretch. She made swim suits for me and a pink suit for my grandfather!
That corduroy quilt top is killing me! I might have to print and it and start Kona matching. The vibe is exactly what I'm into right now!
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