After the Oklahoma City City bombing in 1995 a group of us on QuiltNet held a fundraising raffle. Participants sent in a fat quarter of fabric plus a $5.00 check made out to the American Red Cross. The fabric was split into 75 piece, 50 piece, and 25 piece parcels and $750.00 was raised. This was a great way to handle a fund raiser.
I received the 75 piece bundle. It was not a happy packet to get, and I decided to make a sober Road to Oklahoma quilt from the fabrics. I selected the browns and tans, added more of my own. I really love this quilt. One of the kids hauled it out for use this week and I was flooded with memories of that time.
An aside on underlying structure in scrap quilts--note the rust diagonals one way and dark tan the other, the rust narrow border on two sides. tan on the other two.
7 comments:
The Road to Oklahoma quilt is beautiful! Thanks for sharing the story behind it.
This is a really nice quilt. The story is great. I like it!!!
Beautiful quilt, Lynn!
Sharon
That's a gorgeous quilt. I love the colors you chose. Since my daughter stayed in Oklahoma as an exchange student ( 2003) I wanted to sew a "Road to Oklahoma" quilt. After seeing yours this project is back on my to do list.
Thank you for sharing, Lynn.
What a gorgeous quilt!
I love the colors you chose.
Since 2003, when my DD stayed in Oklahomy as an exchange student(2003) I wanted to sew a "Road to Oklahoma" quilt.
After seeing your quilt this project is back on my next projects list.
Thank you for sharing, Lynn.
Love the colors and the stars!!
Just beautiful. I love this quilt.
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