Very cool. Please show a couple of the kaleidoscope photo pics that you displayed some years ago at CVMC. Those are just as or more interesting than these.
When I was growing up my neighbors had 13 children and 2 more had not survived. All most all of my cousin's families had 5 or more children. There was no birth control then. I was quite nice , really. There was always someone to hang out with even if you couldn't go to the mall. :-) I remember picking wild strawberries with my grandmother, and picking potato bugs by myself. Those would be pictures in my quilt.
To think of what the women went through, getting pregnant and giving birth so often. After the first few it must get to be pretty familiar, even kind of routine (if something potentially dangerous can be routine). That plus caring for all the children and the work of a household that size--oy! My mother was one of seven, eight counting a baby who died. They lived on a farm in southern Indiana. In addition to cooking three times a day, my grandmother made the clothes for all the children--except for shoes, which they got at the local store in whatever size was available.
That’s a beautiful picture in itself, though not for me, either! A whole story could be written about the behind-the-scenes of that family…food, clothing, basics. 😵💫
Just wonderful l, what a clever lady you is
NYC Carol
Thank you, so much. vt terry
What a great exercise (physical and mental)!
It was fun. Thanks
Very cool! That works really well. Nice!
Thank you. It was fun.
Very creative!
Very comforting and charming!
As well as such hard hard work against such a sense of community, family .
Very cool. Please show a couple of the kaleidoscope photo pics that you displayed some years ago at CVMC. Those are just as or more interesting than these.
Hard to imagine that many siblings and children. Oh my! And quilting for so many, those details.
You’re clever, too, superimposing June Morse and others into their own squares. Very cool.
When I was growing up my neighbors had 13 children and 2 more had not survived. All most all of my cousin's families had 5 or more children. There was no birth control then. I was quite nice , really. There was always someone to hang out with even if you couldn't go to the mall. :-) I remember picking wild strawberries with my grandmother, and picking potato bugs by myself. Those would be pictures in my quilt.
To think of what the women went through, getting pregnant and giving birth so often. After the first few it must get to be pretty familiar, even kind of routine (if something potentially dangerous can be routine). That plus caring for all the children and the work of a household that size--oy! My mother was one of seven, eight counting a baby who died. They lived on a farm in southern Indiana. In addition to cooking three times a day, my grandmother made the clothes for all the children--except for shoes, which they got at the local store in whatever size was available.
Yes. I have large bunions, not painful ones thankfully, because I only got shoes once a year before school started.
And now the eternal search for shoes that fit.
"It" was quite nice really. Not me. lol.
That’s a beautiful picture in itself, though not for me, either! A whole story could be written about the behind-the-scenes of that family…food, clothing, basics. 😵💫
Neat! How did you ever think of using photos,and how did you do it?
I used to [and may again] make photoquilts, so it was a natural progression. As for how? the magic of photoshop. You can see some here: https://www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=84998319%40N00&view_all=1&text=photoquilt
Wow! You are a magnificent artist as well as aphotographer!So much talent in one woman!
Thank you Edie. That's good to hear. Unfortunately, I have much less talent for life itself.