I was skimming through a couple of patchwork quilt patterns recently and nothing was really grabbing my attention. After looking at design after design, I began to ponder about how to make a patchwork quilt that my family would be interested in.
To be truthful, I was battling with ideas on something that everyone would like. With so many sundry interests (and disinterests) it was tough to consider something that everyone wants.
But then I hit on an idea.
When I was doing some ancestry research two weeks ago, I was debating it with some older family members. While discussing the past and who married who, I spotted that virtually all the other family members had an interest in the conversation and were interested in their ancestors.
I went back and performed a little research and mapped out a significant portion of the family tree. I remembered this while contemplating patchwork quilt concepts and thought it would be a great idea if I combined the two!
A square patchwork pattern would form the perfect base to sketch out the family tree. like a grid, I'm able to place the names of all of the families and folks and assign them a square and position, the same way you do on paper.
When I first initally drew up the pattern, I discovered two things.
Firstly , the tree is best done sideways. Every time family members marry, change names and have children, the tree is expanded sideways instead of down.
Secondly, the square sizes I used initially were far too large. After halving the scale of the squares, I found I could fit the whole family history on the quilt and still have enough room in each square to sew the names and link them into the tree.
It isn't quite finished yet, but let me tell you, it's great and I have to hide it from my family. They are all so enthusiastic to see it, they all keep making an attempt to sneak in and take a look at it.
So if you're after a patchwork quilt idea that your family will like, go with this one.
To be truthful, I was battling with ideas on something that everyone would like. With so many sundry interests (and disinterests) it was tough to consider something that everyone wants.
But then I hit on an idea.
When I was doing some ancestry research two weeks ago, I was debating it with some older family members. While discussing the past and who married who, I spotted that virtually all the other family members had an interest in the conversation and were interested in their ancestors.
I went back and performed a little research and mapped out a significant portion of the family tree. I remembered this while contemplating patchwork quilt concepts and thought it would be a great idea if I combined the two!
A square patchwork pattern would form the perfect base to sketch out the family tree. like a grid, I'm able to place the names of all of the families and folks and assign them a square and position, the same way you do on paper.
When I first initally drew up the pattern, I discovered two things.
Firstly , the tree is best done sideways. Every time family members marry, change names and have children, the tree is expanded sideways instead of down.
Secondly, the square sizes I used initially were far too large. After halving the scale of the squares, I found I could fit the whole family history on the quilt and still have enough room in each square to sew the names and link them into the tree.
It isn't quite finished yet, but let me tell you, it's great and I have to hide it from my family. They are all so enthusiastic to see it, they all keep making an attempt to sneak in and take a look at it.
So if you're after a patchwork quilt idea that your family will like, go with this one.
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