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Schreiber Love Quilt

Chloe Loves Dress Up
Jasmine Loves Pink
Anthony Loves Trains
Jill Loves to Talk
Dan Loves Movies
But Mostly They Really Love Each Other
The Schreibers Feb 2001

About the Schrieiber Love Quilt:

I called Jill and had her play fill-in-the-blank for me with what I should say about the kids; I already knew what I wanted to say for her and Dan. I wasn't looking for anything profound, just quick and fun. I think of this as a family snapshot, capturing a sliver of time. The kids are older now (they ranged from 6 to 2 at this time) and would have different interests if this were made today.

I did play around with the idea of putting the kids' ages in: Chloe, 6, loves dress up. Chloe (age 6)... but none of the options I thought of thrilled me.

I love all the fabrics in this quilt, but there is one I wouldn't use for letters if I had it to do over. This particular fabric is very assymetrical and blotchy, with black bits in it that make it hard to figure out what the letter is against the black background. Yes, the entire background is black, just doesn't come out very well in the photo.

Other than that, I'd still choose to do the letters this way again. I know they're hard to read, but I kinda like that. I could have made it easier by putting small strips of the black background inbetween each letter and then a bigger space between words. But I like the fact that it's difficult to interpret: it's like a puzzle. One woman who knows the family well came over and was able to read it right off the bat, she had the clues to figure out the puzzle.

There are other ways a quilt like this could have gone. Could have used pink fabrics for the line (or block) about Jasmine, fashion fabrics for Chloe and train fabrics for Anthony. It would give it a completely different look. More information could be included in with the hand quilting, such as their ages and more of their personalities.