A good friend acquired a stack of quilt tops that had been pieced either by her grandmother or great aunt in the 1940’s. She offered me my pick of the quilt tops. They were all wonderful and it was really difficult to take one for myself. But how could I resist. I picked this bow tie design, pieced all in
scraps from the 1940’s and before. I layered it and hand quilted a flower in each white center and a 1/4″ inside the other pieces. As I quilted this I felt
such a kinship to the women who had pieced this quilt so many years ago and utilized every piece of fabric they could put their hands on. This was and still is my favorite quilt that I quilted. At some point while I was quilting, I realized that I couldn’t keep such a treasure for myself and I gave it back to my friend as a gift.
On the back of the quilt, I labeled the names of my friend’s grandmother and great aunt and appliqued two flowers and three butterflies.
Here is my cat, Boo, catching a photo op.
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