Gifty Galore Quilt Along

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Comment by Katherine/WA on July 8, 2009 at 7:31am

I was looking to join your group to get see some ideas for gifts and I just finished reading the last 6 or 7 pages of posts thinking it would be mostly project hints and ideas and to my delight the stories took me back to my own childhood. The styles of the 60's and 70's were like no other for sure. Especially the Neru shirts. Thanks for the memories and the smiles this morning.

Comment by Carol Lee Poulis (CP from Texas) on July 7, 2009 at 7:40pm

You all made me remember some great old memories. I remember one day in Home Ec. we were fixing potaot soup in pressure cookers. One girl tried to take the lid off before releasing the pressure and POW. She was not hurt, but we were cleaning up potato soup for several days! Carol

Comment by Linda Froggie Quilter (Okla) on July 7, 2009 at 6:31pm

Oh, yeah, Jackie, and the zipper was huge and meant to show. With a huge pull, probably a circle. You were a groovy chick.
One ringey dingey, two ringey dingey....
Happy quilting!

Comment by Jackie Orton on July 7, 2009 at 5:03pm

Sharyn, you beat me to the punch with the Laugh-In comment...and Linda I was going to remind you to use GROOVY, but you got in there before me on that one, too. Wasn't Laugh-In great? Loved Arte Johnson as the dirty old man and Ruth Buzzi as the old lady. Plenty of bright colors and FLOWER POWER!! My dress was bright blue with multi-colored flowers. The full length zipper was in the front and went to the top of the collar that could either lay flat if unzipped a couple of inches or be a wide stand-up collar if zipped up all the way. It was my favorite!!

Comment by Linda Froggie Quilter (Okla) on July 7, 2009 at 4:39pm

Darlene,
I think you are fibbin to me again! If I remember the 70's, you must too. I have to get started on that quilt, I keep thinking about it, it must be calling to me from it's bin.
Sharyn,
Yes, Mendels was great. I spent so much that they gave me two free bags. I have only been there once, but maybe work will send me back this fall. Oh shame on me, wanting to go to a work conference for the quilt shops near the convention center! It was the only shop we made it to, and I saw there were several shops around the convention center. Lots of opportunities to sneak away!
Mari,
I sure do remember those dresses with the naru collar. And no sleeves, cut way up to the collar. I think you were very stylish! My Mom didn't have a stylish bone in her body. I longed to have pretty cool fashion clothes. But, no, I got Myra's hand-me-downs. YUK. I wished to be bigger than her so I wouldn't have to wear her old stuff. Guess what? I got fifty pounds on her. No more hand-me-downs! LOL. Laugh-In, I remember that. Sock it to me.
When my Mom died, my skinny sister and I took her fabric, and a few of her clothes, and one day I cut all of it into five inch squares. That was about the time skinny Myra and I started quilting. Somehow, cutting all that into squares and making lap quilts for everyone was great therapy.
Well, I am off to pull out my far-out fabrics and see what they want to be made into. Groovy.
Happy quilting!

Comment by Darlene, WA on July 7, 2009 at 3:26pm

You're still beautiful - even if you are a little nuts.

Comment by Mari/WA on July 7, 2009 at 2:45pm

Diane ~ tears from the brightness?? It was very neon! It drew a lot of looks and I thought it was because it was so pretty but now I think because it was so bright and, well, you know, "out there". I have to chuckle at myself. I still think it was beautiful!

Comment by Diane Gunter/Canada on July 7, 2009 at 2:08pm

Mari the vision you painted of you in your dress has brought tears to my eyes!

Comment by Cheri on July 7, 2009 at 12:07pm

Jackie O - great idea for the towels! A few years ago, when a comunity member passed, a neighbor (who knew I was a quilter) asked me if I would make a quilt using some of his clothing. What a great idea - I made a rag quilt (with the fringed seams) using T-shirts, work shirts, dress shirts, old jeans, you name it! I had done the same technique once before and thought it would be a good one because there were various size logos on shirts.
You may choose the fringe or not, but the technique worked out well for showing the variety of the quilt.

Comment by Mari/WA on July 7, 2009 at 10:28am

Cheryl, these stories tug at my heart too and if my Mom were alive I would go give her a big hug too! So, go do it while you still can!

Welcome Carol! Glad you joined us! Its going to be fun!

Linda, I made a dress for myself in the late sixties that had a nayru (sp?) collar and cut in armholes toward the neck ~ no sleeves. I loved it because it had a white backgroud with hugh hot pink and lime green daisies all over it. They were so big that one daisy covered half my body! Of course I'm only 5 ft tall too but I looooved that dress. It was a shift type dress. I thought I looked smashing in it! Probably not the best print for me and probably didn't look nearly as good as I felt in it but the fabric was great. It was very "Laugh-in'ish"! Sharyn, your comment reminded me of it! Thanks!

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