I am sorry not to have made much to report for Work In Progress Wednesday this year. In the last week, though, I managed to make another set of ten
Hexablooms
for the hexagon scrap quilt. In total, I now have 240 blocks.
In three hexablooms, I used remnants from clothing. The pink and brown print is a leftover from a sundress Mum made for herself in the early 1960s. She was so beautiful in it.
The white with grey and turquoise flowers is a print from the same era. Mum had made me a blouse to wear in nursery school. It holds a traumatic memory - I was chased by some nasty boys, fell on my face, and the nosebleed that followed was spectacular. I still remember the beautiful turquoise flowers being drenched in scarlet red, and the nightmare of the event still haunts me. Luckily, the fabric I used was a piece of leftover, as the blood-stained blouse itself was discarded long ago, of course.
Finally, the withe and blue striped fabric is from pyjamas my husband's aunt made for a member of our family.
It is emotional to look at the fabric in these three blocks and remember the clothes and the person who wore them. There will be so many things to remember when looking at the completed quilt.
