Antique
Toys: 2020 (Started: 2006)
Antique Toys made yet another appearance in my life, this time as I nursed a seriously broken leg. Confined to my sofa, applique was the easiest sewing solution and rather than start something outlandish, I decided on finally making this quilt for myself. Needless to say, the blocks kept me amused through footie, cricket and other sports offerings on the telly. I couldn’t argue (or reach the remote) and for my sins, also had to cope with “cooking by the Cap’n”. Live through it we did, and I regret to say that I’m still (in early 2015) working on this nod to my early patchwork addiction.
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| Toy Duck, version 2, 1998. |
If memory serves me correctly, I made the
duck block in 1988, with the Swan Bay Quilters as a contribution to a group quilt. I then tackled it again as part of a group raffle (Bondi Evening Group)
for our NSW Embroiders Guild in 1998. Again,
these blocks are from Cindy Taylor Clark’s book “Antique Toys”, 1983 sourced by one of our Queenscliff (VIC) group members. I designed my own borders in a kind of self-help, round-robin process.
Started: 2006
