Reader Request is when readers get a chance to ask all of you for help. Hopefully one of you can help a fellow reader find something they are looking for. Today’s request comes from Joy.
Joy writes:
“Here are the pictures of the fabric I’m looking for, the comforter my grandma made for me when I was little (with 40 years of wear) and the completed row and an extra piece I found when we were cleaning out my grandma’s house. I even found the newspaper patterns she used to cut the pieces. I know my grandma made two of these comforters–one for me and one for a younger cousin. They had a flannel back and were hand tied, making them nice and cozy for those cold winter nights.
The fabric is an orangish double-knit. My grandma made me a housecoat out of it when I was probably two. I have memories attached to several of the other fabrics, but not as much as I do this one. My daughter was only 15 months old when my grandma passed away and I am planning to make her a comforter of her very own. I have what’s left of her double-knits, some from my other grandma and I pick it up when I find it at thrift stores. The comforter will be one of my winter projects as I plan to piece it by hand.”
This is the orange polyester print that Joy is trying to find.
This is the quilt that her grandma made for her.
Here’s a start of the fabrics she’s collected….See? Continue reading
