I was skimming through a few patchwork quilt patterns yesterday and nothing was truly grabbing my attention. After looking at design after design, I began thinking about how to make a patchwork quilt that my family would be interested in.
To be truthful, I was struggling with concepts on something that everyone would like. With so many sundry interests (and disinterests) it was tough to think of something that everybody wants.
But then I hit on an idea.
When I was doing some genealogy research 2 weeks back, I was discussing it with some older family members. While talking about the past and who married who, I realized that almost all of the other family members were interested in the conversation and were curious about their ancestors.
I went back and did some research and mapped out a good portion of the family lineage. I recollected this while contemplating patchwork quilt concepts and thought it'd be a smart idea if I combined the two!
A square patchwork pattern would form the perfect base to sketch out the family tree. like a grid, I'm able to place the names of all of the families and folks and assign them a square and position, the same way you do on paper.
When I first initally drew up the pattern, I discovered two things.
First the tree is best done sideways. Each time family members marry, change names and have youngsters, the tree is expanded sideways rather than down.
Secondly, the square sizes I used initially were far too large. After halving the scale of the squares, I found I could fit the whole family history on the quilt and still have enough room in each square to sew the names and link them into the tree.
It isn't quite finished yet, but let me tell you, it's great and I have to hide it from my family. They are all so enthusiastic to see it, they all keep making an attempt to sneak in and take a look at it.
So if you're after a patchwork quilt idea that your family will like, go with this one.
To be truthful, I was struggling with concepts on something that everyone would like. With so many sundry interests (and disinterests) it was tough to think of something that everybody wants.
But then I hit on an idea.
When I was doing some genealogy research 2 weeks back, I was discussing it with some older family members. While talking about the past and who married who, I realized that almost all of the other family members were interested in the conversation and were curious about their ancestors.
I went back and did some research and mapped out a good portion of the family lineage. I recollected this while contemplating patchwork quilt concepts and thought it'd be a smart idea if I combined the two!
A square patchwork pattern would form the perfect base to sketch out the family tree. like a grid, I'm able to place the names of all of the families and folks and assign them a square and position, the same way you do on paper.
When I first initally drew up the pattern, I discovered two things.
First the tree is best done sideways. Each time family members marry, change names and have youngsters, the tree is expanded sideways rather than down.
Secondly, the square sizes I used initially were far too large. After halving the scale of the squares, I found I could fit the whole family history on the quilt and still have enough room in each square to sew the names and link them into the tree.
It isn't quite finished yet, but let me tell you, it's great and I have to hide it from my family. They are all so enthusiastic to see it, they all keep making an attempt to sneak in and take a look at it.
So if you're after a patchwork quilt idea that your family will like, go with this one.
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