Sweet Childhood Memories #14, Q/A, Tulip fabric & more!! 

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Remember them well!

Bell bottoms - I spent hours picking out the hems & fraying the bottoms of my Levi's in Junior High; made myself a pair of elephant leg pants in 8th grade. Favorite teacher - Mrs. Lorraine Steele, 1st grade, Mentone Elementary, Mentone, California, USA; she was so supportive of my love of reading; my Daddy (career Air Force) received orders for Vietnam and we had to move just before the school year ended - she finished a couple of clay ashtrays we made using leaves as molds (we were in the middle of the desert, no idea where she found large oak and maple leaves) and mailed them to me along with 2 books which I still treasure; we kept in touch with Christmas cards and I visited her when I was in college. She is long gone but will always remain with me.❤

I remember my first pair of bell bottoms. I thought they were so cool!

Ah yes the 70s in the Uk we called them flairs! Jeans with flowered inserts at the bottom to flair them.And yes I had some platform shoes, tank tops and wide belt! And love beads ! With my Farah Fawcett flicked hair I thought I was the bees knees 😎. It’s my birthday today on the 5th so brought back so many memories thank you Pat . Heather x

When I was in 4th grade the school district changed the rules to allow girls to wear pants to school . I happily wore my elephant bells to school

Just now got chance to watch & it's nearly bedtime! Super nice video & I love your tulips! Childhood memories block is awesome. Older sister & I, we were older teen in the 70's & didn't wear bell bottoms, don't remember why😮; but our younger sister wore them (5 years younger). Mrs. Atwater was my favorite teacher in elementary school. Had several in high school & a couple in college. So long ago now. Pat Sloan, hope to watch you earlier tomorrow! Have a blessed night 🌙

Close to 95,000! YEA

Never a peep passed these lips but loved my bells!

Yes, I wore hip hugger bell bottoms with body suits. I love stripe fabric on the childhood memories block.

I was a mom with bell bottoms & now they’re back.

We used to sew a pie shaped gusset in the bell to make it wider. Usually from a bandana. Loved some well worn bell bottoms!

As soon as you said bell bottom day! I thought elephant bells! And how it was cool to have tears at the bottom where we walked on them. Lol

Good morning, yes i remember bell bottoms!!! Lol

I was a kid in the 60s and had a pair of bell bottoms. Went to give you a like this morning and my phone would not let me. Phone has been annoying ever since latest update. So frustrating!!!

Yes! I had the elephant leg bell bottoms! You would trip yourself if you walked to fast as the fabric would wrap around your ankles! Lol

Your work is so pretty!

I loved the bell bottoms and hip hugger elephant bottoms jeans!! Good memories!

So lucky the US has a lot,of,peeps, all I can find in Canada is the yellow ones.

Just love the Sweet Childhood Memories quilt! I am relatively new here and will have to go back to find the earlier ones, but am loving your fabric choices and patterns, It is so helpful to watch you go through your fabric selection process with individual blocks. I do hope I can learn from your process and then I can make better selections on my own going forward. Thank you for sharing your talents with us, 🥰

I definitely wore bell bottoms.

Yes to bell bottoms

I had bell bottoms and loved them. I have no favorite teachers. Not one. I have deleted all of my school years from my memories. I got great grades, I just did not like school. Couldn't wait to leave when the bell rung. If you put photos of all of my school and college teachers in front of me I wouldn't be able to recognize one. 😂 It always amazes me how people remember their names along with the friends they had in each grade. If you paid me I still wouldn't have a clue. 😁

I was also a young mother, made my own clothes and had a beautiful pair of bells I made from cream wool for work. I am tall so worked well for me.

I remember bell bottom pants and jeans which I wore and I wasn't a teen 😂

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I was taught by Nuns from first grade to ninth. Only my third grade teacher was not a nun. Some nuns were ok, most not my faves. But in HS, at public school, Mr. Ludwig was my favorite. But I also loved Mr. Denim, who was a great guy. He had 18 children!!!

Love the stripe Fabric in your block, such a cool effect!

I’m the Cindy from Iowa. I forgot to say The squirrel pattern is called Squirrels In The Park by Sew Fresh Quilts. There are two types of squirrels in it.

Definitely wore bell bottoms.

Yes I was one of those who wore bell bottoms and yes I love them also!!

Love the fabrics gifted.

I was a young mother at the time, being the original baby boomer. I made myself bell bottoms, also for my 2 young daughters! Very comfortable they were! 🇦🇺

I was not allowed to wear my bell bottoms while skating. My mom was afraid I would get tangled up, fall, and break a limb! 😂

Since I was born in 1960 I clearly remember bell bottoms and we called the larger ones elephant ears. One day in high school my foot got caught in my favorite elephant ear pants and I fell down about 6 steps. I was so embarrassed LOL

Oh my gosh, yes I wore bell bottoms and the elephant bottoms!😂 I was born 1960. Now I'm saying my age!😅

I wore bell bottoms and I was in my early to mid 20’s! My husband had been in the navy so I wore his. Loved the dress whites.

Oh bell bottoms. I remember being called a hippie by all the adults. How cool were we. Lol

My kid stuff was mini-maxi’s. I did wear bell bottoms as a 20 something briefly. But being really short, I didn’t wear them for long.

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Yep, absolutely loved bellbottoms!

I still have a pair of bell bottoms!!😅

I remember mine. Yes, I was in my early 20's. Loved my corduroy pair. 😍

I loved my bell bottoms. And, my 5th grade teacher was one of my favorites, too. I hated that some kids weren’t nice enough to her. She was great, Mrs. Whitt.

Loved bell bottoms! I had the elephant bell bottoms in different colors because I made them for myself!

I love how you matched up the blue stripes on the childhood memories block. Very cool!

Bell bottoms are back, I went into a store and saw them, I told the clerk OMG, I had that exact pair. (LOL)

Fun visit this morning. I loved (still love) bell bottoms. My first pair was a yellow, orange and pink paisley print. My favorite teacher was 6th grade, Mr. Fix. I was a very shy 6th grader and he was so proud of me one day when he had me read aloud and the whole class could actually hear me. He really boosted my confidence. I love your red top, just lovely. Have a blessed day Miss Pat.

God , I so remember the bell bottoms and the elephant bell bottoms.❤

I was wearing bell bottoms in the mid to late 60's as a teen. I loved them!!!

I weighed an entire 90 pounds soaking wet. My elephant bells probably weighed more than me. Loved them!

In my early twenties I took in the waist of my then-husband's navy dungarees for my younger sister and I to wear as bell bottoms - we wore them OUT! It was fun!

Oh my goodness, I had bell bottoms and elephant bells. I loved them

My niece entered the Peep Show in Westminster! All the entries were fun.

Had a red pair of bell bottoms my Mom made. Wore them with a print body suit shirt. Loved them.

Bell bottoms ✋️, elephant ✋️, Mrs Clark grade 5💟 with her my reading really took off.😊 Liberty gifts pretty . I took a bit of inspiration from the beach house print as I'm kind of stuck on a tote I was making. Ty

Good morning. Elephant bells.. Yes, I remember getting the bottom of one of my pant legs stuck on an escalator. Ripped the pant up to the knee. Haha

Oh Pat, I had some of those really, really wide ones and my friend's chihuahua would try to catch them when I was walking!

Working on my tulip quilt!!!!

I loved my bell bottom jeans (class of 1972 here)

✋Yes to the bell bottoms. My mom would add wedges of old denim to the outer leg seams of our jeans and make them even more of a bell, lol.

Hi @ Yvonne &@Suzanne &@Melissa! Coffee’s brewing 🍮

Loved Bell Bottoms!

Born in 1948. Remember them always. Same age as my baby brother 😂

You did one the other day😉

How is your horse quilt coming along, would love to see some new blocks for inspiration, Tks

Seam riper Your best tool?

I wasn't concerned, but thought that I was helping. You looked torn between colors for the tulips.😢

Who was that from RI??

The peeps look cute but I don’t like to eat them.

Bell bottoms as young adult😅

Yuk... peeps 🤮

The Peeps sewing machine! How cool is that? My daughter in law and I are about the only ones who like them in our big family. Yes, remember and wore bell bottoms