Miss Pink Ponsonby's Swell Soiree: Apple Festival Quilts

Sunday, September 10, 2006

Apple Festival Quilts

Hmmm...I don't get Blogger sometimes! It lets me upload photos willy-nilly for weeks at a time and then all of a sudden, it balks like a recalcitrant Jenny Ass. (Jenny Ass's are FAR more balky than Jacks! It's because they actually have a BRAIN, unlike some horses) (Don't get me wrong, I love horses! But Mules are SPECIAL.)

Okay, I got sidetracked there. Yesterday I wanted to post some pics of the quilts from the Non-Winning Entry from last years Apple Festival. Let's try posting them today...

3 comments:

Puss-in-Boots said...: I know what you mean about Blogger - contrary cuss it is.

Love the quilts, especially the one with the blossoms. It would look wonderful on my bed.; 11:31 PM, September 10, 2006
Junie Moon said...: The quilts are lovely--they look so comforting that I want to just cuddle up in one and take a little nap.; 6:54 AM, September 11, 2006
Miss Pink Ponsonby said...: I found out my Mom gave that apple blossom quilt away lickety-split! She is ALWAYS doing that! and she makes such one-of-a-kind quilts, she usually drawers the flower patterns herself. I could just scream! haha! I want one!; 9:03 AM, September 11, 2006

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There is an old saying: there are no ugly babies and no ugly quilts. I'd like to add to that falsehood by saying I think there are no ugly china patterns, teapots, aprons or vintage fabrics. I love all those old things, even when they are less than palatable to the 'modern' eye.

We seem to put such a priority on teaching our girl children to be competitive, strong, and really good soccer players. I think this is wonderful, but I wish we spent just as much time passing down the things of our Mother's and Grandmothers: Needlework, Baking, the feeling of satisfaction from something as simple as seeing a line of sheets hanging taut on the clothesline, snapping in the breeze, and the joy of creating something--anything--from scratch.

In this new world we have tossed off anything we wore last season, drove last year, or sat on for the last 4 years. Everything has to be new and more expensive than the one before.

Along with all this greedy desire to consume and to always have what's new and in fashion, we seem to have tossed out those old things like Manners, Femininity and Housewifely Pursuits. Sew on a button or just throw the shirt away? Mend a torn hem or just toss out the skirt?

Miss Pink Ponsonby shakes her head at all this shallow consumption, dons her apron, tidies her doilies and serves tea in vintage cups with homemade goodies on antique plates.

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Sunday, September 10, 2006

Apple Festival Quilts

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