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| "Grandma's Quilt" |
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| Art Bead Scene Inspiration Artwork "Housetop" by Lillie Mae Pettway |
My grandmother is one of my most favorite people I was blessed to have in my life. She taught me so many things, and was an incredible influence on my character - on the woman I am today. I wrote about her in a blog post called "Teapots" (which you can read here) where I spoke about my childhood and the wonderful times I spent with her.
When I saw this month's challenges for Art Bead Scene and for Love My Art Jewelry, I knew that I would be combining them into one piece called "Grandma's Quilt". She was the person who taught me to sew and to embroider. I'm not very good at all at either, but she was patient and persistent, and I loved the stories she would tell me as we sat together at the sewing machine or with our projects on our laps.
Her mother used to knit, and made the quilt squares these pictures were taken on that my grandmother crocheted together into a quilt. I've had it for my whole life, and someday I will pass it on to my grandchildren and tell them about the remarkable woman who gave it to me.
Glass Mosaic Micro-Mosaic Focal: Molly Alexander
Lampwork Beads: Blue Seraphim
Vintage buttons, beads, etc.
To see more of the Art Bead Scene entries, you can go to their Flickr group here and read more about the inspiration artwork here.
To see more of the Love My Art Jewelry Art Spark entries, you can go to their Flickr group here and read more about this month's challenge here.
