Once upon a time there was a little boy who lived at our house who loved bugs. You have your dinosaur kids and your heavy equipment kids and your Bob the Builder kids. Well, we had a bug kid. And it turned into an opportunity for Personal Growth for me--I learned to see insects and spiders through his eyes and for the most part, I lost my antipathy toward them.
Of course, there was the time when the praying mantis egg case hatched in the house...
But anyway. I made this little quilt as a wall hanging for his bedroom.
My son loved it and it had a place of honor on his bedroom wall for a good many years.
How I wish they had had those bug jar quilts when he was little--how he would have loved that too. And I could have indulged in more Personal Growth (personal stash growth, that is) as I collected all the fun bug fabrics.
13 comments:
This is such a wonderful quilt and story!
Great story and bug quilt. The quilted bugs add more to an alreadywonderful guilt.
Ha, It's not too late!
You inspire me, Kathie. This summer my 8-year-old granddaughter and I are taking an entomology class at UW's Grandparents University, and I'm not thrilled about spending two days with creepy crawlies. Maybe there's hope I'll learn to love them.
I can really relate Kathie, I have a bug girl, and a plane boy. Amy currently has a spider in a jar in her room and is forever catching flies to feed to it.
Love the quilt, and the wonderful story attached.
*hugs*
Tazzie
:-)
such a bold quilt, nothing childish about it at all (which might have been the case with Bug Jars). love the quilting in it - marvelous.
The quilted spiders look amazing.
So wonderful! The quilting is inspired.
Again, with the great quilting. What a neat piece!!
It's beautiful - and what a wonderful unique quilt for your son. A spider web quilt has been on my quilts to make list for years. The colors are fabulous as well.
Oh wow Katie, this is more than just a neat quilt - is a special and spectacular quilt. So authentic and, well how neat! The quilt work you did is out of this world.
Impressive. *karendianne.
Thanks for sharing the wonderful story! Lucky Will!
I was skimming through some of your pictures and came across this red, black, grey and white spider web quilt which I LOVE!! I love the way you quilted insects in it. What a wonderful memory, too.
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