I was looking around in my sewing room, trying to find something, when I unearthed this beauty: Log Cabin Quilt Top, made by Frances Heggestad in Cumberland, Wisconsin, circa 1975. Given to me by my uncle, Orville Heggestad. Sorry for the bad photo - I will post more as I work on this. My grandma made this, and I must say, her sewing was very accurate - done on a treadle machine. She used scraps given to her (I recognize many of the fabrics in this from clothes I wore, and some that I also sewed myself), and gave most of her quilts to the poor. This quilt top is HUGE, and unfinished on one corner. I plan to even it out, and finish it for myself.  |
| See that gold/olive/white cotton print? That was my confirmation dress from the 8th grade. My mom had a lady in town make it for me. |
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| There are three memories in a row here, all from clothes I made for myself: the red/white cotton pique was a front zip, short short jumpsuit; the lime floral was culottes (I also made a solid lime vest to go with it - yea, I was stylin'); and the navy/bright colored floral was a peasant dress. |
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| Some fun prints here. Grandma used everything, and wasted nothing. |
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| We found this where I work on Monday morning! My friend's cube got "bombed" - I guess some of the Chicago Bears fans (we are in a Chicago suburb) didn't like the fact that Ginny is a Green Bay Packers fan, aka a "cheese head". They did a stellar job enclosing her cube - they even put a green light inside. Ginny worked inside there all day. We all wanted a cube like that! |
