When looking for some thing last Wednesday I came across a pile of WIP’s I kept this one out below and have started to sashiko quilt it finally. It’s call Mother’s in war? It’s all ways the women who suffer so much in a War, regardless of who is winning or loosing? All the dark maron fabric is from a very very fine wool Kimono fabric about 80 plus years old it has been constantly darned with patches, an old Japanese lady told me that she sold all her Kimono’s except this one during and after the war to buy rice to feed her children, her husband had died and she had to sell the kimono’s for that rice. The kimono was also dyed many many times to make it so dark people would not see the darns or patches??? When she showed it to me I was so so sad and I just loved the colour so much, it’s not deep blue but a deep maron blue as it was dyed over a colour not a white fabric? She could see how much I loved it for the story, the patches, and darns and gifted it to me . I was determined to use it patches darns and holes in a quilt, then I found the beautiful blue fine wool kimono and Mothers in War was born and just grew?
This is a quilt for me to sleep under. I loved making it, I’m loving quilting it and I will love it on the double bed?
InnSashiko quilting using DMC 5 threads , plus 3 threads from a DMC normal embroidery thread on the large flowers. Thread is a very deep maron colour and shows up beautifully.
Close up
My first triangle all most completed. It’s taking me 5 nights 8pm till 12pm to quilt one triangle.
Two triangles done 6 to go LOL.
Working now on a corner of the blue wool kimono, it’s not showing up like on the plain colour but it will be nice.
Sashiko stitches are a tiny bit bigger here than on the maroon?
This Lo vely old lace I’ve just washed and pressed is about 50 years old and machine made, will use it on some of my heirloom blocks.
Close up of the lace, it is about 4 inch’s deep?
Brushing down an old old cottage chair of Sandra’s. Every year more paints peel off, their must be at least 7 different layers LOL.
Sandra’s cottage chair, have rubbed it back now it needs a good clean with bleach after the long wet we have had.
Seat is carved to fit around your thighs and it’s an extremely strong chair for sitting in, Not flimsy like many chairs today?
This is a wooden chair that came from the farm in NZ I think, Rods constantly reglueing that back in??? It’s Rods every thing chair but a chairLOL.
Thanks for dropping in. May be absent for a while, having a knee replacement on Tuesday, in hospital for 10 days then 3 to 4 months recovery? So may not have that much to blog about LOL.
Off to link with Esther on her WOW or WIP’s.
Cheers Glenda
wow you are in the hospital that long for a knee replacement! here you are in overnight sometimes two nights and then home. My brother had his second knee replacement in April and stayed overnight and was home and he was hiking in the Grand Canyon National Park in July!! Maybe you won’t need to be in the hospital as long as you think?
Hi Karen, I will be in hospital that long as we live some distance from any physio, Drs or hospital , first 3 days they will be watching for clots. and so it’s partly rehab to get me to be able to look after myself when I get home. Sounds wonderful to think I will be able to walk freely again with out a walker or sticks. Your brother was very lucky to recover so quickly that’s my aim too. How old was he when he had it done Karen? Hard to believe he had a full knee replacement and was only in over night? Bit scary to me? I’m looking forward to catching up on some quilting while waiting to get back on my legs 100%.
Wishing you much luck that your knee surgery goes well and with no complications. I loved the story of the old worm and patched kimono and can only imagine the sorrow of that war widow who not only lost her husband but also her treasured kimonos. The fabrics you chosen to compliment that vintage fabric are just perfect and your sashiko stitching is wonderful.
Hi Pat and thanks for visiting so nice to see you, have just been over and enjoying your blog, how I love those string blocks WOW !!!!!!!! I’m all ready now but for a blood test for my operation on Tuesday. To day I have been prepping projects for the week I will be in hospital after the first 3 days, I have enough to last me a year I think LOL Leave them in wee piles on my work table so I can just tell Hubby which pile to bring in LLLOL Yes it was such a sad sad story Pat, sadly they don’t tell about how the women and children died in the country because all the money was going in to the war and the farm crops taken to feed the troops which left little or no seeds for the next years harvest??????? There were tears in her eyes when ever she told me her stories. She was a strong lady and lived to be more than 100! SO you no I’m remembering all her stories as I quilt this lovely quilt. Cheers Glenda
All the best Glenda for your knee replacement. I work in a private hospital where a lot of joint replacement surgeries are undertaken. It is a real joy to see the patients when they come back for their post op check ups. The face that reflects pain has gone and they are lifted up in mind and spirit. I do hope you will be back to your bouncy self before you know it. I sometimes think about our grandparents who had no opportunity for these life changing surgeries and how they just had to put up with it all. Amazing what can be fixed these days.
Dear Alison THANK you so much for telling me that its wonderful from a hands on nurse, and thanks for the encouragement. I’m not scared of the operation, I remember my mum the first thing she said Ohhhh there’s NO pain, she had hip replacements, and she said the surgery pain was nothing to the hip bone pain. SO if i’m lucky it will be the same. I have a wonderful young surgeon and have complete faith in him. I’m thinking of 7 days of just quilting and sewing LLLOL and catching up on DVD’s with out feeling guilty. My goal is to be able to walk around the cliff’s at Noosa heads at Christmas time???? SO I just have to keep the vision in my mind when I’m doing rehab!!!! Cheers and thanks you Alison.
Best of wishes with your knee surgery. I’m sure you’ll still have things to blog about especially if you are quilting while you heal.
Thank you Robyn, I smiled when you said I will be quilting while I heal, as I have prepped so many projects ready for just that, but so many I have enough for a year at least LLLOL. Most are WIP’s; but I’m starting a new hand mini logcabin bag, I haven’t made one for at least a year or more. Love making them but my applqiue has taken me over LOL Thanks for dropping by and hopefully my iPad will work in the hospital for me???? Cheers Glenda
What a touching story about the kimono, no wonder this quilt is special to you. Take care during your recovery from knee replacement. Blessings!
Oh Glenda what a beautiful story to your quilt. Your fine quilting is lovely and will bring it to life. Thankyou for sharing and take care
You will have plenty of time for quilting and stitching, just the garden might have to miss some attention
xx
Linda
What a fantastic quilt finish! Love the story so much. Very precious to put that fabric to such good and beautiful use.:)
Such a story in this little quilt. Amazing how the fabric holds such a repository of stories, hope, dreams, disappointments and heart break. It is gorgeous and an important quilt to make, I think.