As we get close to Christmas, our thoughts often turn to things of beauty and comfort and, naturally, my thoughts turn to quilts!!!
The quilt that I am sharing today is another one made by my Mom (Lois Swinson). I have shared a number of her quilts before and am happy to say that this one is a true favorite. It was the last of the “hope chest” quilts that she made for me and I have fond memories of her working on it.
The quilt design is called “Boston Commons” and, like most of the other hope-chest quilts, is made from fabrics in her scrap basket.
The design itself is fairly simple.. made entirely of squares. I like the fact that Mom added interest by using solid fabrics on all of the outside edges. It gives a bit of continuity to the piecing…..
If you look closely at the fabrics, you will see some that were included in last week’s post of the Balloon Girl quilt!!
But, the best thing about this quilt is the AMAZING hand quilting. Mom loved to quilt…..
…and spent many happy hours sitting at her frame!!!
She meticulously quilted feathers and 1 inch grids into all of the white areas of the quilt….
My favorite memory of this quilt was when she stood the frame up on end to store it during a quilting break. There was a large window behind it and the colors shone like stained-glass…..it was mesmerizing!!!
I always enjoyed when this quilt was on my bed and am sad that we have moved on to bigger mattresses and can’t use this full-size quilt to snuggle under at night.
I guess that I need to find a way to decorate with it….that shouldn’t be too hard to do!!!