What great memories! The colors and prints of this fabric take me back to 1969...bright orange, lime and avocado, psychedelic purple and aquamarine. These colors dominated my closet in wild and crazy peasant dresses, and tops to wear with white shorts or bellbottom jeans.
I
was only fifteen, so my cool mama was driving me and my friends all
over town, radio turned up, windows down, in her red Pontiac
Catalina. Shopping centers, bowling alleys, movie theaters, skating rinks, and
swimming pools were our hangouts. What carefree fun we all had!
Summer
of '69 finished out at 45” x 51” size. It would have been
perfect for laying out at the pool. I used several square and
rectangular dies to cut these pieces. I quilted using aqua thread in straight
stitch inside the rectangles, then changed to a curvy stitch on the
aqua sashing.
This
one was fun to sew, singing along with late 60's music like I did
back then. I can't believe it's been over 50 years.
Accuquilt
dies used:
55159
Rectangles 2½” x 4½”
55160
Rectangles 4½” x 8½”
55059
Squares 2½” multi
55017
Strip 2½”
Those
were the days, my friend
