For the last few weeks, I have been showing some of my Mom’s quilts. She LOVED the art, making her first quilt at age eleven!! She took a hiatus for a bunch of years but returned to the art in the 1970’s as part of the Bicentennial quilting revolution.
This quilt was one of the first ones that she ever made. If I remember, she said that this was her second quilt and it is one of my favorites…..
It is made from 30’s fabrics….well…because it was made in the 30’s!!!!
I love the cheeriness of the blocks…..
As I looked at these two blocks side by side, I realized that the flowers are in different orientations. If you look back at the quilt, you can see that the block on the right is a mistake….the only one in the quilt. Or maybe, it was a “design decision”….right??
I am ashamed to say that her blanket stitch in her early teens was better than mine is now!!!
She used straight line quilting in the blocks and fun flower designs in the alternating blocks…..
And, this quilt is H…E…A…V…Y!!!
The cotton came from the field across from her house and, if you feel around on it, you can find bits of chaff that didn’t get carded out!!!
I don’t tend to display these older quilts too much in my home, but I am thinking that I need to find a good place for this one in my Spring decorating!!!
Do you have a favorite family “heirloom” quilt??