Sunday Quilt Inspiration: 70s and over

As we care for Richard's father, I've been thinking about the lines on his and Mrs. Carolyn's faces. Lines that were earned raising children and grandchildren, running a farm, supervising at a job in the garment industry, supporting their own parents. Living life.


That's really it. They have lived. Full lives. Full to the top with joy and celebration. But also full to the top with heartache and loss. To honor those lives, I thought I'd post photos of some beautiful people who, based on their own line, have also lived full lives. I hope they inspire you to make quilts that leave a legacy.

Need to know how to inspire yourself to turn these photos into quilts? Just consider what kind of quilt each one sleeps under. Or what quilt would one of them make. Pull colors from the clothing in one or two pictures. Or best of all, make a portrait quilt of someone you know and love.

I've been inspired! I had to begin a new board. This one is titled "people, folks, tribe, humanity, society, mankind." (Did I get enough nouns in there?)

Pin It Weekly #93

Wow!  This week has really flown by!  Past time for some pinning!

The mother of a wonderful friend is not well.  We went to visit her last evening and, I'm sorry to say, it's quite difficult to see her in such a state.  To honor her beauty and resilience, I'll pin some of her favorite things, beginning with a few flowers in pink.

Because she is in her mid- to late-nineties, she was born in the 1910's or 1920's.  These photos are from that era and perhaps a few into the 1930's.