I would be getting three quilts for normal everyday use, several comforters, and then one nice one to be used for guests. For the guest quilt I knew I wanted to make it in the Broken Star pattern and the exact colors I had admired for years in one of Mom's quilt books. There was only one problem. In the quilt book they had used white fabric for the fill in parts of the quilt, and the Amish in Somerset County were not allowed to have any white in their quilts.
No other color worked though, and finally I settled on using a cream colored fabric. I saved the receipt carefully for proof that the fabric was not white in case any one was going to stir up some trouble about it.
I loved the quilt once it was done, and was pleased how the cream colored fabric worked well in place of the white in the original design.
Hello, I just want to say that your work is stunning.
ReplyDeleteYou are very talented and beautiful choice of colors. Better cream than white, just my opinion. :)
I'm glad it's cream instead of white, now. My 19 year old self had really wanted white though.
DeleteSuch a beautiful quilt! I don’t understand the reasoning behind the use and rejection of some colors in the Amish rules, but then again I didn’t grow up with it.
ReplyDeleteBlessings, Betsy
I don't understand it either. Rules vary so much from one community to the next. Some don't allow pieced quilts at all.
DeleteBeautiful! You are so very talented! Annster's Domain
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteThat is stunning. Yes,the cream color works very well.I think white might have looked to stark.You are a talented lady.
ReplyDeleteI glad I used cream instead of white. I agree it would have been too stark.
DeleteBeautiful! Simply beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteBeautiful quilt!
ReplyDeleteWould you please be so Kind as to explain the difference between a comforter and a quilt? The dictionary is no help. Thanks a lot.
Marion from Germany
A comforter is heavier and warmer than a quilt.
DeleteThank you
DeleteHello Amish lady or would "used to be Amish lady" be more appropriate?
ReplyDeleteBlessings from a Christian living in South Africa that has no idea what an Amish is.
I like your quilting work very much. As a matter of interest, how long did it take your 19 year old self to make this particular Quilt?
Never actually had a quilt myself but can see just how beautiful such a quit would make a bedroom. Hey I live in Africa, we generally have no need for such decorative and warm covers. Geoff.
Anyway, just popped in from the A to Z challenge to say hello. I'm writing about the animals of Africa.
From start to finish it took about eight weeks to make the quilt. That included the hand quilting.
DeleteI love your quilt, it gorgeous. I wish I could quilt or even do wall hangings, but I don't know how:-(
ReplyDeleteI hope you get to learn how. The sense of satisfaction when a project is complete, and the enjoyment of doing it make it worthwhile!
DeleteBeautiful. The cream color is lovely.
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