In a previous post, I mentioned quilting or doing handwork while watching the Olympics events.  A number of readers replied with their projects.

• Were you inspired by the Olympics? 
• Did you do handwork while watching the Olympics?
• Have you designed anything that has a Olympics theme?
• Have you come across any fabrics with a sports theme you could use in your projects?
• Did you design some projects yourself or come across ideas on quilting blogs and in magazines?

Some related Olympics posts:

What Quilting Are You Doing During the Olympics?

The Panda Bears of China – Quilting Inspiration?

Quilting in Early China

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(c)2008 Mary Emma Allen

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Did the Olympics Inspire Your Quilting & Fabric Art?

 Memorial Day in my childhood meant traveling to Trails End Farm, where my mom grew up and her parents, sister, brother and his wife lived.  Sometimes the day was celebrated with many relatives gathering there. Or we might visit, about ten miles away, the “Barrytown Coons,” my grandfather’s cousins who lived in the village of Barrytown, NY, along the Hudson River.  (These families would alternate between the two farms for Memorial Day and the Fourth of July.)

The food was delicious, the gathering of relatives fun, and the occasion something special in memory.  I’ve come across photos of the collection of the clan and found I needed to write the name down so these times wouldn’t be lost to future generations.

Thoughts of Trails End Farm brings to mind my quilting heritage.  There my grandmother taught me to make my first quilt sitting in the farmhouse kitchen with her.  My grandfather wrote about his mother attending quilting bees.  My mom told about quilting with her mother and grandmother.

Now my daughter, granddaughter, and I carry on the Trails End Quilting heritage and memories of Memorial Day.

(c)2008 Mary Emma Allen 

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Memories of Memorial Day and the Trails End Quilters