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The Hands of Time

© Charlotte Spell

Quilts really do mark the times in our lives. There are quilts for anniversary's and birthday's and Christmas, Valentines day and Easter, for graduations and even friendship quilts, wedding quilts and my favorite baby quilts. Remembrance Quilts, has articles on different quilts that were made as gifts. http://quilt.com/FAQS/RememberanceQuilts... Marianne Stillings wrote an article called Stitches in Time - A brief history of Quilting. http://www.likesbooks.com/quilting.html

My son Allen is now twenty. He has Cerebral Palsy. When he was little one of my favorite memories of him involved a quilt. While I was making it. It was getting longer and longer and stretched down to the floor. Each evening when I would work on it Allen would crawl up next to me and roll up in the bottom of it to stay warm. When the quilt was finished I gave it to him.

I have made many a quilt since then for gifts to family members on special occasions. I love needlework and one of the last things that I stitched was "The Lord's Prayer." I am going to make it into a sofa pillow for my mother. My son Sam is going to get married next Christmas and so I was looking on the net for some ideas for a Double Wedding Ring quilt and I found some beautiful patterns on the following two sites. http://www.patchwork.com/recroom/FreeWed... and http://www.quilting.about.com/hobbies/qu... I also was looking for a quilt for my granddaughter Kristin's 2nd birthday on November 1st. The Sunbonnet Sue Crib Quilt caught my eye. http://keepsakequilting.com/html/sunbonn... This site give fabric requirements, quilt instructions, you can even download the pattern. The Log Cabin quilt was another of my favorites. For a Free Easy Log Cabin Quilt Block Pattern; http://quilting.about.com/hobbies/quilti... Nancy's Sewing & Craft Room has the following three Free Quilt Patterns: Apple Banner, Favorite Things, Little Apple & Letter. http://www.patchwork.com/recroom/FreePat... Rhapsody in Hues is another nice pattern. http://www.quiltersvillage.com/qquilts/P... Grandma Hatties Knick Knack Shelf Blocks has a new series of free paper foundation pieced quilt blocks. http://quilting.about.com/hobbies/quilti...

There are several new software programs that can help design quilt patterns. http://quilt.com/FAQS/ComputerSoftwareFA... Included on this site are Electric Quilt, Quilt Pro, Quilter's Design Studio, Dress Shop, PC Quilt, Corel Draw, Adobe Illustrator and others. From handmade designs to computer designs quilting has progressed with the times. Each quilt tells a story usually of either the person that is making the quilt or of the person that will receive it. They make treasured keepsakes. Each serve as a storybook of time with the pages woven with each precious stroke of the needle.

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