Sippin' Sodas

When I was a kid

there was a dairy in my small town

that had a soda fountain.

It was a treat to go,

sit on the stools that swiveled, and

order a strawberry ice cream soda

served in a tall glass

with a red and white straw.

I don't remember when 

I came in the possession of some vintage

churn dash blocks that reminded

me of those delicious ice cream sodas and

those cheerful red and white straws,

It was during this quarantine

that I finally got this special quilt finished.

Sippin' Sodas

2020

Last November I began the process

of taking these 20 blocks apart

and resewing them to make them

all the same size.

These are all happy blocks

that look great sashed with

the medium gray print.

I decided to save time by machine quilting

in the ditch and doing straight lines in the borders as well.

The quilting went with the simplicity of the blocks

and, of course, the striped fabrics.

Okay, the original idea was to then 

hand quilt the vintage blocks,  

 but the more I thought about it

and reevaluated the vintage fabrics

I concluded the fabrics were too brittle.

I decided that hand quilting the blocks

could potentially break the fibers.

The blocks are 9 inches,

leaving a  pretty large space not  quilted,

but this quilt is one that will mostly be 

admired rather than used.  

The original maker of these blocks

is unknown, so I'm hoping

she would be pleased how they were finished.

Maybe her inspiration was a

 special time 

she had had at a soda fountain,

enjoying a strawberry ice cream soda, while

sippin' through a red and white straw.

Until Next Time-

Kyle