I am a country girl... I grew up outside the city limits a small rural town. It was a 15-minute drive to town. We lived nearly at the end of a long gravel road between the Fort Lyon Canal and the Arkansas River. Our closest neighbors were at least 1/4 mile from our driveway.
One of my first friends was Georgia. Her bus stop was the next stop after ours in the mornings. We both had blonde hair and blue eyes and we thought we might be able to fool the teacher and get her confused if we fixed our hair the same. Georgia and I were "school" friends. By this I mean, we were friends while at school. It wasn't often that we would go to each other's houses on weekends or after school.
This was at my 7th birthday party... a Hat Party. Mom made the cake to look like a hat and we made our own hats using paper plates, ribbons and silk flowers. I am holding the cake and Georgia is right behind me. The other friends that attended were Paula, Tawana, Jolynn and Carrie... and of course, my brother, Kelvin. Paula passed away several years ago, but I am still fb friends with the rest of the girls.
And there were the "woods". A small wooded area where hide-and-seek was played. I was a big fan of Winnie-the-pooh and the Hundred Acre Woods and imagined that our woods were much the same.
There was always access to jump ropes and "skip-it" balls. For a while, Chinese jump ropes were popular, and the game of Jacks was always popular on days that it rained. I remember there was a Jacks tournament one year. I didn't win, but I did participate.
Other games that were "indoor" games were Red Light-Green Light and Mother, May I.
These two blocks represent your childhood friends and games that you played together. Please note, if you are making a quilt in the traditional layout, you can choose to not make the Pinwheel block, which is a 6" block. (FYI, I plan to use four of the eight 6" blocks in the corners of the borders and one as a label for the back.)
The patterns are available in my Payhip store... Pinwheel Block ... Friendship Block
I'll be sending out the memory book pages in a few days... in the meantime, enjoy making your blocks and your personal trip down memory lane. I'd love it if you would come back and participate in the block parade. :)
What games did you play as a child?
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Keep Piecing,
Melva