Michele, over at With Heart and Hands, A Quilting Journey had a post on Friday honoring her mother. The poem that she posted reminded me of this little quilt.I did not make this quilt. This was published in McCall's Needlework & Crafts Bicentennial Quilt Book (1976). Here is the blurb:
"Two favorite nursery pals are multiplied by three for six go-to-sleep friends. Applique each dog or cat with bright scraps of calico or gingham , add winsome faces with simple embroidery, and frame in cheerful yellow calico. An interesting square-in-square quilting design sculpts the border. Quilt measures about 34" x 44". Designer is Gertrude M. Rice."It's a cute little quilt, don't you think? The fabric choices are O-so-70's, but that is what was available.
I also went on a search through my book shelves. I found my little book: One Hundred Best Poems for Boys and Girls compiled by Marjorie Barrows, published in 1930. This was my mother's book and now mine. The poems in this book are illustrated with silhouettes and have such titles as Pirate Don Durk of Dowdee and The Night Will Never Stay and The Owl and the Pussycat. The Duel by Eugene Field is in here along with my all time favorite:
The Purple Cow
by Gelett Burgess
I never saw a purple cow,
I never hope to see one.
But this I will say anyhow
I'd rather see than be one.
by Gelett Burgess
I never saw a purple cow,
I never hope to see one.
But this I will say anyhow
I'd rather see than be one.
Yes, I have been quilting for this long.
Happy Mother's Day!