We all have fond memories from the days gone by, which were filled with endless fun of gilli-danda, ikri-dukri, ice-pice, current-shock…
…and when the weather isn’t feasible for playing outdoors; we could always fall back on playing with paper.
There is something so amusing about taking a small piece of paper and creating enticing shapes with it. Pinwheel being one of them.
…and when the weather isn’t feasible for playing outdoors; we could always fall back on playing with paper.
There is something so amusing about taking a small piece of paper and creating enticing shapes with it. Pinwheel being one of them.
Here is a how-to just in case you want to reminisce…
…but of course we never bothered to use up our pencil stocks.
Instead, when the paper wheels were folded just so, we would sneak into the backyard… untie granny’s broom to gather some silly little sticks and would hurry back before she caught us in the act!
Now all that was left to do was to fasten up one of them to the wheel, wait for the rain to clear up…
…and then proudly run from this end of the street to that end with a twirling pinwheel in hand and a huge big smile on the face.
The pinwheels here are for a friend’s baby boy except the pink one in there, which is for my dear friend who is very fond of pink. I hope she has as much fun playing with it as her baby boy does with all of his rainbow colored ones.
I got these 30’s prints from my lovely friend Jane. She’s the sweetest ever!
What were your favorite games that you couldn’t wait to play when school’s out?
~ Pattern from Better homes and gardens “Quilts & Gifts to give“ 2008 issue.
~Ice-pice : I think it's 'I spy', but somehow we always called it 'ice-pice'.
~Ikri-dukri : a variation of hop-scotch.
…but of course we never bothered to use up our pencil stocks.
Instead, when the paper wheels were folded just so, we would sneak into the backyard… untie granny’s broom to gather some silly little sticks and would hurry back before she caught us in the act!
Now all that was left to do was to fasten up one of them to the wheel, wait for the rain to clear up…
…and then proudly run from this end of the street to that end with a twirling pinwheel in hand and a huge big smile on the face.
The pinwheels here are for a friend’s baby boy except the pink one in there, which is for my dear friend who is very fond of pink. I hope she has as much fun playing with it as her baby boy does with all of his rainbow colored ones.
I got these 30’s prints from my lovely friend Jane. She’s the sweetest ever!
What were your favorite games that you couldn’t wait to play when school’s out?
~ Pattern from Better homes and gardens “Quilts & Gifts to give“ 2008 issue.
~Ice-pice : I think it's 'I spy', but somehow we always called it 'ice-pice'.
~Ikri-dukri : a variation of hop-scotch.
7 comments:
Your post was so sweet. My sister and I spent all most every minute outdoors as children. Summers and weekends were spent on the farm so we went hiking, fishing, exploring, wading and flower picking. When we weren't required to work around the house that is! I love hop-scotch!
pratima, your pinwheel quilt is beautiful! i love the fabrics you chose from jane...and i love that you included a pink piece for your friend...wonderful! ☺
I love your post. Lucky baby to have such a happy quilt. When school was out, on went the roller skates! And when it got dark...hide n seek.
I was just like Stephanie, I would roller skate for hours!!
Your quilt is so pretty, she will just love it and to add the one pink for her, how sweet! Thank you also for the shout out! Happy sewing!
I really love pinwheels. I think they are such a cute block and such a sweet idea. Darling quilt.
that's a beautiful quilt! I love the fabrics and pattern - ooooh! I shall spend ages poring over this. And I too love making pinwheels. The games I couldn't wait to play when school was out was elastics (boy did we love elastics - we spent hours!) and five-stones - my mum made them for us in all kinds of fabrics. Thanks for reminding me. I might make some 5 stones for Abby tomorrow!
I am so happy to find that you now have a blog!
Yes.. pinwheels have always been my favorite things.. and I still have spinners in my yard. Thanks for the lovely memories!
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