Lee brought these 8 quilts over three days before Christmas. I was relieved to find out that they did not need to be done for Christmas! His mother had pieced them and he figured it was time to get them done. He told me she was always piecing quilts as long as he could remember. He also recalled the quilting frame held high up in the room and lowered to quilt on when his mother's friends came over to quilt. He also recalls that at times, after the ladies left, his mother would take out some one's quilting and redo it as the stitches just were not right! All of these quilts were cut out piece by piece with a template, no doubt a piece of cardboard. The shapes show signs of ink where she traced each piece and then cut them out with scissors. She made a lot of quilts where she resided in Missouri. These were the last ones and he decided they needed to be quilted and given to his four kids and grand children. It was so nice to see that he appreciated them enough to have them completed, his mother, I know, is smiling down on him now! And I know his kids and numerous grand children will appreciate quilts that their grandmother and great grandmother made years ago. These 8 are all the same pattern, but so striking in the various colors! Just think how many more quilts his mother would have made if she had had a rotary cutter! I need to make a quilt like these, a very neat simple pattern!
The quilt below was done in Zinnia thread with Brenda's Tulips as the quilting pattern.
The quilt below was done in Blue Jay thread and the Meandering Loops quilting pattern.
The quilt below was done in Praline Pink with the Flower Pano quilting pattern.
The quilt below was done in Cranberry thread with the Floral Frolic quilting pattern.
The quilt below was done in Cocolet thread and the Sweet Hearts Simple quilting pattern.
The quilt below was done in Mignonette thread and the quilting pattern was Blooming Things.
The quilt below was done with Shocking Pink thread and the Flower Swirls quilting pattern.
The quilt below was done with red thread and the quilt pattern was Star Sparkles Square.
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