This quilt was inspired by some journal entries of my mother’s when she was about 14 years old:

“Sunday, July 4, 1937 — Independence Day
Shot fireworks all day long. Had one swell time. Laura and Dickie are staying over till tomorrow. When it was dark we shot off a lot of fireworks which we had a lot of. Got ice cream after all was done.
Monday, July 5, 1937
Laura went home today but Dick is going to stay till Saturday. After supper went to Crystal Lake to see the fireworks display. There also was a carnival there. Dick, Dolores, and I went on a lot of rides at the carnival. The fireworks were swell. Everyone says they were the best they had ever seen. For the finale there were 50 rockets in air at once. Got to bed at 1:00 o’clock A.M.”

I had fun playing with metallic threads to try to capture the sparkle of fireworks.