tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post8911704388669205818..comments2023-10-24T04:43:53.179-04:00Comments on KGMom Musings: The Donna QuiltKGMomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05165941950953938943noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-56237255260341492712007-06-20T01:59:00.000-04:002007-06-20T01:59:00.000-04:00Love this post Donna. Only the quilter knows how ...Love this post Donna. Only the quilter knows how many hours are spent on each quilt - it cannot be truly appreciated but only by another quilter. It is a lovely quilt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-33490866589398029382007-06-18T22:27:00.000-04:002007-06-18T22:27:00.000-04:00A wonderful metaphor--the piecing of a quilt into ...A wonderful metaphor--the piecing of a quilt into a life.<BR/>My mother enjoyed quilts and quilting and I expect I will, too. I say will, because its something I intend to do--just never seem to have the time to lay it out and undertake it. It seems like a huge job!<BR/>No wonder Allie is in the picture--my kitty Annie, crawls onto my clothes as soon as I'm out of them--she must be ON them!nina at Nature Remains.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07888238636692649668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-10948358879341499902007-06-17T20:55:00.000-04:002007-06-17T20:55:00.000-04:00Donna - What a lovely metaphor. I've always consid...Donna - What a lovely metaphor. I've always considered hand-work like this as precious in that it seems mysteriously to hold some essence of the creators - the now-ness of that second of intent when the creator's will and the needle and thread became one - and fastened that moment of becoming onto fabric. There it resides forever - alongside the other moments. <BR/><BR/>Old photos record an image in time. A quilt holds time.Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00548755592157386484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-60791100335465806922007-06-17T17:05:00.000-04:002007-06-17T17:05:00.000-04:00Even though you are the first person to own and lo...Even though you are the first person to own and love the quilt, I am sure that it will be handed down in the future. It's lovely.Ginniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12749133391349265563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-16452364232759714762007-06-17T13:34:00.000-04:002007-06-17T13:34:00.000-04:00What a clever way to take a familial look at yours...What a clever way to take a familial look at yourself. Your 'quilt' doesn't seem like patchwork at all, but rather it is full of purposely chosen pieces. Awesome.Elaine Cougler Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02049758497775283904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-24131961884757068582007-06-16T20:26:00.000-04:002007-06-16T20:26:00.000-04:00I love your quilt. It's beautiful and even more s...I love your quilt. It's beautiful and even more so with your beautiful Allie kitty on it!dmmgmfmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09872482306885344135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-91233581738391263542007-06-16T10:43:00.000-04:002007-06-16T10:43:00.000-04:00As often, your comments evoked a whole set of memo...As often, your comments evoked a whole set of memories about your mother. Don’t downplay the intellectual side of her family. While they didn’t have the opportunities your father’s side had, she (and her siblings) had a lot of good common sense. And your mother would have surpassed your father academically given the opportunity. She had more gumption and “stick-to-it-evness”. A bittersweet part of this, to me, is that she had a whole lot of patches to start quilts for each of the grandchildren too, when the Lord called her home. Sometime another blog could be “Incompleted Projects.” Verna Mae isn’t into quilting so we gave them to the “Jolly Stitchers” here in the Village Center. Much more I could comment on! I’ll let this stand for now! Love, Father "C"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-31243834575993856752007-06-16T10:25:00.000-04:002007-06-16T10:25:00.000-04:00Mine is yellow. Denise, blue would go in our house...Mine is yellow. Denise, blue would go in our house: how about yellow in yours? The prankstere gene seems to have been distributed quite widely. And now that facebook enables continued poking ...Climenheisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01989459133238230712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-65656890929227978732007-06-16T08:53:00.000-04:002007-06-16T08:53:00.000-04:00I also have a quilt that Mother and Aunt Kay made ...I also have a quilt that Mother and Aunt Kay made (don't know if Aunt Ada also worked on mine or not). It is the same pattern but blue flowered blocks were used instead. At that time my bedroom was blue. It is not blue anymore so I don't use the quilt like I used to. But, what a gift and treasure - that is for sure. <BR/><BR/>I enjoyed the "pieces" that went into you. Most I relate too, but not all. So Pappap Slagenweit was a prankster? Maybe that is where it comes from.....hmmmmm.Denisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12087460233450228864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-50393061554400150702007-06-16T07:53:00.000-04:002007-06-16T07:53:00.000-04:00Ruth--like any parent, I might say the good pieces...Ruth--like any parent, I might say the good pieces in my children come from me; the not-so-good from their dad. Just joking! I think my children are a good mix of things from both sides. From me--love of reading definitely.<BR/>Daryl--I wondered if you would remember having such a quilt. As for being hotter--and just what did you think tht meant? Actually it's a laugh--Grandma S. would only have been described as being physically warmer than people. Stories are she turned down the house heat when Pappap went to work, only to turn it up in the evening. When I learned that, I thought--so that's where my high heater comes from.<BR/>Beth--good for your mom. Some churches organize quilting groups & send the resulting quilts all sorts of places. People always need the warmth of blankets & quilts.<BR/>Mary--quilting is definitely a disappearing art. I don't know how. Some traditions--e.g. Mennonite or Amish--keep it alive. I know how to knit & have down some blanket work with that. That's another story for a post (maybe).KGMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05165941950953938943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-13717496544165683832007-06-15T22:35:00.000-04:002007-06-15T22:35:00.000-04:00No one I know quilts. However, my Mother-in-law c...No one I know quilts. However, my Mother-in-law crocheted a blanket for us back in 1974 - a year before she passed away. The colors don't match anything in my home (like your brother commented) but we keep it in our linen closet Occasionally, I feel it and hold it to my face.<BR/><BR/>Your heritage "through needle and thread" was a wonderful read, Donna. Made me think about my own fabric and what I have inherited. I think I'll dwell on this for a while.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02040099513110890878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-16737651360894136442007-06-15T19:09:00.000-04:002007-06-15T19:09:00.000-04:00My mom quilts, too. She started in earnest with h...My mom quilts, too. She started in earnest with her first grandchild (my elsest daughter) and has not stopped. My brother and I each have at least two full sized quilts along with three lap quilts - and each child has one baby quilt (lap size) and one twin sized quilt (a rite of passage that they would get around the age of six).<BR/><BR/>Mom now claims that we don't need anymore, so she is just quilting and stacking them on her bed. I'm trying to help her find a good place to send them...hospital, battered woman's shelter, etc.<BR/><BR/>Great post that blessed me to consider my own heritage and memories, passed on through needle and thread.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03119943581970095780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-2677446891609242062007-06-15T18:27:00.000-04:002007-06-15T18:27:00.000-04:00I asked Lois if we have one that mother made also ...I asked Lois if we have one that mother made also (since you said she made one for each of us). She brought it out, and I recognize it as one I like; but I notice that it doesn't fit the colour scheme of any room in the house! Now Lois is thinking of ideas of her own. Thanks for reminding me of this. By the way, in what sense did you mean "hot"? Only a brother would ask.Climenheisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01989459133238230712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-80311573658869277612007-06-15T17:40:00.000-04:002007-06-15T17:40:00.000-04:00Lovely quilt and a lovely way to describe who you ...Lovely quilt and a lovely way to describe who you are. What pieces have you passed on to your children?<BR/>RuthRuthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15892804871759397018noreply@blogger.com