About 75 by 88 inches
72 blocks, set on point
Block finishes 9 inches
Cutting
Solid: one each rectangle 1 1/2 by: 2 1/2, 3 1/2, 5 1/2, 6 1/2, 8 1/2, 9 1/2
Print: One square 2 1/2; one each rectangle 2 1/2 by: 3 1/2, 5 1/2, 6 1/2, 8 1/2
Setting triangles over-cut from triangles 10 1/2 inches on sides and about 15 on base. Corner triangles over-cut from 9 1/2 inch square.
Pressing:
In block construction press all seams away from the 2 1/2 inch square.
(((You could chose to wait to press final solid strip seam and press them up or down every other block for nesting in assembly--I did not press them differently as I needed to ease seams a bit and I wanted the full 9 1/2 inches to do so.)))
Assembly:
Sew together in diagonal rows.
Press every other row of blocks to the left or right to allow rows to nest. Press final seams to the top left.
My design, use at your pleasure.
My Great-grandma Dykstra loved to sew and embellish dresses for her granddaughters. My dad said his sisters didn't like that she put so much rickrack on them.
Last year my sister was helping one of these aunts clean out her house. They ran across a dress from the 1940s and my aunt said, "That is grandma's burial dress." Which begged the question, why was it not in the grave. My aunt said her grandma sewed the dress and designated it to be worn in the casket. When she died her daughters-in-law thought it would not be appropriate because she had sewn sequins on it.
I want that dress. You may bury me with sequins.
Elizabeth Vander Hoef Dykstra and Joe Dykstra. She was known to be a very bright woman who did the business side of their farming. And for loving sequins and rickrack.
My father adored his grandparents.
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| My dad said his grandpa stood on a stone for this photograph so he could match his wife's height |
8 comments:
Oh yes, we should all strive to be buried in sequins! I love this quilt and I hoard ricrac.
YES! Another woman who wants to spend her life after death HER way.
It sounds she like she wanted them to celebrate her life while she wore sequins. They were a little more solemn maybe back in those days.
Such a shame the wishes of your grandma were overruled as not appropriate. Let's hope it doesn't happen these day. What a delightful lady she must have been, a lover of sewing, sequins and ric rac. I never knew my grandmother's, my maternal one died when my was about 12 or so, and my father's mother died when I was a young child.
Love this quilt! And had to smile about the burial dress.:)
Oh ric rac is a great name for your quilt. Your great grandmother sounds like an interesting fun lady - tall, too;)!
Such a wonderful story Lynn, thank you for sharing with us! You have chosen the perfect name for your beautiful quilt..
A lovely quilt! And I too enjoyed reading your story about your great grandmother and love of ricrac.
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