One comes from this past August fall when I attended an ASG neighborhood group swap. Everyone brought stuff that they no longer had a use for and we all got to take as much as we want from what was available. I wrote about it here.
One of the excellent bits I picked up was the remains of a curtain made from squares of African fabric. There was a note attached that said it had been purchased at the 1998 Quilt Festival and that it had not been pre-washed. The usable portion was about 34" wide and 40" long. which is just about the right size for a wheel chair lap quilt.
Saturday the transformation occurred.
Very simple quilting with a solid black for the backing and binding. It is a little small for some of the older chairs but it should work well with the more modern chairs. I even have an unsuspecting victim.. err recipient to use it.
The other is a more recent quilt. The pattern is from a kit I won, also back in August, that I put together over the past holiday period. It was also used as a sample for a recent Saturday Strippers gathering.
I realized that a simple little wheel chair lap quilt was not enough of a gift for a recently wheel chair confined husband of a friend. Although I had planned some fancy quilting I went with a very simple design (stitch in the ditch) and a machine applied binding because I know it will get a lot of washing and simple would be easier to repair, if needed.
Here's how it turned out:
As it may be a while before I make it over to the nursing home, I will be sticking these in the mail tomorrow and hope that my friend's husband can make good use of both. If not, I hope that someone else can use them both. I know that my father loved having a home made quilt on his bed as he loved the texture of the fabrics, seams and quilting and a lap quilt for his wheel chair covered any embarrassing clothing malfunctions.
In any case I hope they both get used which is all a quilt maker wants for their quilts.
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