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| Polka Dot Quilt |
When I first got my Longarm quilting machine I did a lot of
practicing. People kept asking me when I
was going to start quilting for customers; my answer was always “Soon,
I’m not quite ready yet.” Then on a
Monday my friend Terry Morberg of Applepatch Designs said that she had a baby
quilt that needed to be quilted by Friday to be mailed in time for a baby
shower, could I please quilt it for her.
So I took it home and with fear and trepidation quilted my first ‘customer’
quilt. I’m so glad that she had confidence
in me and that she knew just how to get me started.
The term polka dots was coined between the 1840s and 1860s.
Dotted-fabric patterns went by various names in
mid-19th-century Europe. Dotted-Swiss referred to raised dots on transparent
tulle. The French ‘quinconce’ described the diagonal arrangement of dots seen
on the 5-side of dice. The large coin-sized dots on fabric, called ‘Thalertupfen’
in German, got their name from Thaler, the currency of German-speaking Europe
until the late 1800s and the term from which the English word dollar descends.
Trust yourself; you know more than you think you do.
What a pretty quilt. Good friends are such a joy. You never know when they are going to do that "one thing" which means so much.
ReplyDeleteYes Susan, Cute baby quilt and so true about friends, I've had a couple of friends who have supported me in a subtle yet just the right way.
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