Most of you who have been reading for a while know about my fiancé,
Michael, who loves trains.
Seriously. When we first started
talking about the wedding, we entertained (for about oh, ten minutes) the idea
of getting married on a train.
Michael, who loves trains.
Seriously. When we first started
talking about the wedding, we entertained (for about oh, ten minutes) the idea
of getting married on a train.
Whenever we get the opportunity, we take the train instead
of flying. We have two different train
board games (TWO!) that Michael loves playing.
When we went to his parents house for Christmas, he spent a lot of time
in the garage with his father playing with their train layout.
of flying. We have two different train
board games (TWO!) that Michael loves playing.
When we went to his parents house for Christmas, he spent a lot of time
in the garage with his father playing with their train layout.
Now, I might not be as excited about trains as Michael, butI appreciate them for other reasons. You
can access the internet when on the train instead of on a plane or a car. If you are on a train, you don’t have to
drive. Trains are far more comfortable
than cars anyway. Plus, it appeals to
the part of me that loves old-timey things, that likes the steampunk stuff
(before it was popular) and that loves how people used to get dressed up for
train rides. We have even been known to
get dressed up for train rides (summer 381).
So a while back I decided to make Michael a train quilt, butI wanted to make something that was… well, not childish. That might be able to carry into
adulthood. I had come across some
vintage train fabric, and it gave me the idea.
Just to note: There are
remarkably FEW train fabrics that are not Tomas the Tank Engine/Dinosaur Train themed. This makes me sad. But after much perseverance, I made a train
quilt.
Like the story of my very first quilt (which I’ll share with
you sometime), this one had a lot of help.
I also learned a rotary cutter is my friend. Really good friend.
you sometime), this one had a lot of help.
I also learned a rotary cutter is my friend. Really good friend.
This last weekend, I mitered the edges of my quilt. I had this really great train track fabric,
and I wanted it to run around the edge of my quilt like a border. But I couldn’t just have the train tracks
running into the distance, I NEEDED to have them line up.
So I did the edge, and was VERY proud of myself. I showed Michael. Michael looks at it, and says, I kid you not,
“That’s really cool, but I wish they also made a switches fabric, so I could
run my train around the edges and have it switch tracks.”
“That’s really cool, but I wish they also made a switches fabric, so I could
run my train around the edges and have it switch tracks.”
So, anyone want to take on not only designing a train track
fabric, but also one that has switches that go between the two?
fabric, but also one that has switches that go between the two?
