Firstly I would like to say bless my mum, she has kept so much of what I've made over the years or requested I make her "a collection" which makes Friday Archives a lot easier.
I made this quilt in my redwork/bluework phase.( Excuse the wrinkles, it's been folded up for a while) All the patterns are vintage, including the Teddy bear days of the week. I thought it might be nice to do this one because it was in this time I came up with my name, Teddy Bears Wednesday. I loved all the vintage children patterns used in the old redwork/bluework quilts, especially with no surprise all the bear patterns and the days of the week patterns, and my favourite patterns of all were the Teddy Bear Days of Week. I had struggled for a name for my little crafty business, and didn't want it to be anything like Beary Cute etc, ( no offence to anyoen who has that name). So when I found this, I got my name because on Wednesday teddy sews, and it seemed all perfect and sounded quite good. Because I make bears and I'm a bit of a bear I guess, although Wednesday is everyday for me, and at the time I was doing redwork too. The header on my blog is from this quilt and pattern series. ( So to anyone who was wondering if I embroidered it for my blog, the answer is no)
I also included a close up shot of one of the other blocks/patterns that I love, the ready for a dip Bear, love the expression on his face and the caption, which is quite typical of redwork patterns.
Thanks Loobylu as always for Friday Archives.
6 comments:
Love your bluwork, the ted's have so much character & I like the boarder stitch too!
So beautiful Jess. I loved reading the story of the banner bear.
PS please don't let us get Fev...
Jess, beautiful as always my friend...love, mare
(any progress on that bear in the making? ;)
Thank you all so much!!! Mare, the new bear is progressing slowly, reject head 4 is differently getting there, but still not quite what I wanted and I don't want to finish him until I'm happy. These ones take some time, Sorry!! It might be a while yet...
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