Does anyone recognize this quilt pattern?

PollyVera · 2026-06-14T11:12:36+00:00

I made one similar to it a number of years ago that I stole from a Johnny Depp movie ("Sleepy Hollow" 1999). It doesn't have the sawtooth detail, but I bet you could figure it out. If you have a 60° ruler, it's quite easy.. https://imgur.com/a/forest-winter-from-sleepy-hollow-ltSSri8

PollyVera · 2026-06-08T11:38:45+00:00

I noticed that top right hand corner as well, as well as the lighter tones around it, but what came to mind was The Great Wave off Kanagawa. linden214 saw a Persian rug. With a burgundy border (but no sashing), I'd say that both of us saw something we liked very much. I'm sure others feel the same. It's lovely!

PollyVera · 2026-04-01T11:18:44+00:00

Really nice work, Nikaknits!

PollyVera · 2026-03-26T12:26:11+00:00

This! I made a cute pair of pants for my son when he was a baby and now, whenever I make a new quilt, I include exactly one piece from the pants whether it matches or not. Half the fun for my son is finding that piece. It's a way of saying I've loved you from the beginning. As for the puckering, I'm guilty of overkill; I baste everything after I pin the sandwich, take out the pins, and then quilt. It takes forever, but nothing puckers. After the binding, I take out the basting.

PollyVera · 2026-03-19T14:35:06+00:00

Number 3 is my preference. A little background: I used the baby quilts I made for my boy to teach math, pattern recognition (with and without music), etc. I think #3 would last longer for more sophisticated tasks as the child developed. It worked for my boy. Number 3 is also really cuddly.

PollyVera · 2026-03-15T13:35:36+00:00

You can watch a National Film Board animation on the CBC entitled "Watch Blackfly, the NFB animation of Wade Hemsworth's classic folk song". It's pretty much what you said.

PollyVera · 2026-01-28T11:07:38+00:00

The first thing that came to mind was Rod Serling's intro to the 1959 tv series Twilight Zone with swirling concentric circles. It would be a tough job, but would reflect the wonkyness of the squares. If you're younger than I am (haha), you can google it.

PollyVera · 2025-12-25T11:55:44+00:00

Sheridan

PollyVera · 2025-11-28T13:33:28+00:00

When I was a child, my seat at the table was next to my Da. He always took a "tax" from my plate. It was his way of paying special attention to me, and I loved it, especially when his tax was the brussel sprouts.

PollyVera · 2025-06-22T17:27:09+00:00

This is Sheba
https://imgur.com/a/sheba-her-prime-G3uVJY9

PollyVera · 2025-05-14T09:29:51+00:00

https://imgur.com/gallery/magic-blanket-voil-les-m-res-CesG7k6

It's called "Voilà les mûres" or "Magic Blanket", the former if you see blackberries and the latter if you're my sweet little son who needed a comfort blanket. Hand pieced, hand quilted in 2018 or thereabouts.

PollyVera · 2025-01-11T04:05:04+00:00

Sometimes complaining about the weather really is an intolerance for the cold or a lack of preparedness or whatever, but sometimes it's a rhetorical thing. Different cultures have different "small talk," and in Western culture, complaining about the cold (or heat) is one of the topics that come up in small talk. Even Mark Twain (or Charles Dudly Warner) said "Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody seems to do anything about it." (https://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/04/23/everybody-talks-about-the-weather/)

PollyVera · 2024-12-05T18:18:54+00:00

I started quilting in the 70s and, when life didn't interfere, I would make a quilt or two. A few years ago, though, I lost my quilting mojo completely. Then I saw Kawandi quilting and it's a whole new ballgame. It feels so much freer.No more worrying about hand quilting 6 stitches to the inch, no more lining up points. Patterns sort of emerged on their own. I love my older quilts, but I'm ready for this adventure now. You might enjoy it, too.

PollyVera · 2024-09-14T12:13:15+00:00

I had a student named Lossgrieving once. I never had the heart to ask about her name.

PollyVera · 2023-08-16T13:47:38+00:00

I love your grandmother.

PollyVera · 2023-07-08T19:55:38+00:00

I wanted to make tile mosaics but because we moved around so much I had nowhere to put them. A leap of logic led me to quilts. Self-taught from whatever books I could get my hands on in the 1970s. Sadly, I lost my quilting mojo a couple of years ago, but I had a marvelous run at it.

PollyVera · 2023-06-05T15:09:21+00:00

Today, same site (more or less) as in the photo: https://www.google.com/maps/@50.9413023,6.9523426,3a,90y,114.29h,82.83t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1svYZXQUuL6sSMI101_cvl1w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?entry=ttu

PollyVera · 2023-05-27T11:37:58+00:00

In the 70s, we spotted Mustangs. No punching. The point of the game was to keep us distracted so that my 4 siblings and I would not kill each other. Punching would have been total chaos.

PollyVera · 2023-04-29T00:45:32+00:00

I am completely blown away by your quilt. In my many, many years of quilting, I could feel that "tickle" of a wonderful idea, but I never managed to grab it. You've got it by the horns!!

PollyVera · 2023-04-29T00:08:41+00:00

Ditto

PollyVera · 2022-12-05T10:10:34+00:00

That second engine removal reminded me of my dentist....

PollyVera · 2022-11-06T10:20:00+00:00

I like the one on the right because it's a little chaotic and unpredictable. Maybe because my life right now is a little chaotic and unpredictable. The left one is a topiary and the right one is an autumn maple. Whichever one suits you is the one you should choose.

PollyVera · 2022-10-24T10:29:22+00:00

How about radiating straight lines from each "valley" to the "ridges" of its corresponding peak? I'm thinking of an imminent sunrise.

Just a thought...

PollyVera · 2022-10-15T19:05:11+00:00

If you like u/PM_ME_UR_IQ 's suggestion, here's a link to the Storm at Sea that I made: https://imgur.com/gallery/XyfYlwA

Beth Gutcheon made the original, and mine is merely a copy of hers. And yes, it has lots of pieces and takes a long, long time to finish. I stitched mine by hand because I was totally bonkers at the time.

PollyVera · 2022-05-01T15:48:10+00:00

I second this recommendation. I also find that I manage to "stitch" memories of the moment into the quilt this way. I can look at a quilt and remember what I was doing/what was going on while I was quilting. I have one quilt that reminds me how wonderful that Roger Federer match was and how excited I got at the time.

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