My card for this week's teapot Tuesday challenge, to feature something to do with quilts and to share a memory. When my mother emigrated from the Netherlands, she brought with her an item that I really don't know how to translate into English. It was a wonderfully carved wooden head board, with a small top shelf for hats, and coat hangers in front. Below the hangers was a beautifully quilted backdrop. It was made with diamond shapes in bright colours and a pattern was created with black velveteen diamonds. My mom had made the quilt and my dad had carved the wooden top. It travelled with them from the Netherlands to Alberta, and from there to Ontario. I'm sorry that I didn't claim it when mom passed away, as it brings back many sweet memories.
I bought the Christmas quilt stamp set at a gathering for $3. The black cs was heat embossed with clear ep, just so that the stitching could be seen. All the diamonds were fussy cut and arranged together on a circle paper. This star was mounted on dimensionals, as also the sentiment.I added a sheer ribbon bow and a tiny sewing machine charm.
Date: Tuesday, December 27, 2016 GMT Views: 516
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Registered: July 27, 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 131660
Tue, Dec 27, 2016 @ 9:35 AM
Beautiful stamp and memory, Ina. It reminds me, even though it's nothing like, of Laura Ingalls description of the little wooden corner "whatnot" I think it might have been called, which Pa carved for Ma and it travelled with them along their journeys. The embossing on the black sections of the star is great, at first look I thought you must have stitched those ones by hand. What a great encouraging sentiment too - I'm not too bad at the second half but I need to work on the first! Thanks for playing along...
Registered: April 1, 2012 Location: Rogers, AR Posts: 28899
Tue, Dec 27, 2016 @ 1:08 PM
I love this - it is so cool looking. That bg is lovely and I love the sewing machine charm and that sentiment is perfect!!
------------------------------ Jan 'Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ'. Philippians 1:6
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Registered: June 3, 2016 Location: France Posts: 59947
Wed, Dec 28, 2016 @ 4:47 AM
I think you're talking about an old fashioned hat rack, "kapstok" Loved your story, and I can almost see what your parents did with it, beautiful card too
Registered: October 21, 2010 Location: in the okanagan in b.c. canada Posts: 13012
Fri, Dec 30, 2016 @ 11:10 AM
oh my I bet that headboard was gorgeous....how neat it sounds. Love your star here....what a great find with your stamp set. It sure makes a neat quilt card. pretty colors and love that swirly bg too. But my fav too is that wonderful sentiment...great way to think...TFS..:0)
------------------------------ We as people are raindrops of colorful ink , falling down Crisp and Clear, each a different shade more vibrant then the last, but once we realize at the bottom of an endless abyss we all fall into the same inkpot forming one color, only then can we come together as one My son.
Registered: April 9, 2010 Location: Arizona Posts: 714
Fri, Dec 30, 2016 @ 2:43 PM
This is a wonderful colorful quilt star , the patterns contrasting with the black is striking. I love the little sewing machine charm, and the sentiment is certainly words to live by. Thank you for sharing your memory. Great card.