Several years ago Aunt Lucy gave me three 1-yard cuts of coordinating fabrics. She picked them out from a special fabric store when she was traveling to visit us. I always wondered how to make these special fabrics. Recently MSQC had a video about making quilts using three 1-yard cuts of fabric. Voila! I knew what to do! I added the aqua blue, black borders, and brown corners to make the quilt twin-sized for donation, but the main idea came from the MSQC tutorial. Donated to the Guild for CZU Fire victims. It’s been a bad year: pandemic, wildfires, plagues, murder hornets, disgusting politics. We have to help where we can.
When I sent a picture of the top to Aunt Lucy, she wrote back, “Nice. The colors remind me of my sister Mary’s kitchen table and chairs. She had worked as a bookkeeper at a local furniture store in Hartford (Szymanski’s) and when she and Ralph married in Nov 1955, they had a houseful of new furniture. The kitchen set was turquoise Formica (boomerang pattern) and black metal frame chairs. Living room was Danish modern. I have vivid memories of it all. I thought it was so pretty.” Hence, the name for the quilt, “Mary’s Dinette Set.”
- 66 1/2" x 82" Twin bed size
- Quilting: Quilted in a parallel wavy lines. Used light gray 100% polyester thread (Omni from Superior Threads-named "Silver"). Free form quilting. 6 bobbins. Quilting by Patty.
- Backing: Gray, black, and tan print wide back from a fabric.com sale. I love this fabric! I’d put the quilt upside down on my bed just to see the back.
- Batting: 100% cotton “Warm and Natural”.
- Binding: Aqua tonal used in the quilt.
- Pattern: "Checkerboard" from a MSQC tutorial.
- Piecing by Patty
- Pinned into frame July 14, 2020. Quilting on long arm quilter July 21, 2020. (Patty).
- Binding by Patty.
- QC by Spencer
