Antique Grandmother's Flower Garden
11-29-2009, 01:56 PM
#1
Banned
Thread Starter
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Houston, TX
Posts: 7,286
I bought this antique quilt top on ebay a while back for a song. It is all hand pieced from what looks like feed sack material. Isn't it beautiful! It also came with a dozen orphan blocks and various pieces. The top is about 92 x 78.
Now, I could hand quilt it myself, but I know that even if I started it, I would never complete it. Too many other things to do. So kwhite, who lives in Amish country is going to find someone to quilt it for me by hand. I considered (briefly) machine quilting it, reasoning that either I do that or someday someone will sell the same unfinished top on ebay when I'm dead. But dear k came to the rescue. It's too beautiful not to finish, and while I'm not one of those who think that only hand quilted pieces can be called true quilts, I just couldn't bring myself to machine quilt this.
Now, I could hand quilt it myself, but I know that even if I started it, I would never complete it. Too many other things to do. So kwhite, who lives in Amish country is going to find someone to quilt it for me by hand. I considered (briefly) machine quilting it, reasoning that either I do that or someday someone will sell the same unfinished top on ebay when I'm dead. But dear k came to the rescue. It's too beautiful not to finish, and while I'm not one of those who think that only hand quilted pieces can be called true quilts, I just couldn't bring myself to machine quilt this.
Closeup
[ATTACH=CONFIG]56951[/ATTACH]
Stack of orphan blocks that came with the quilt
[ATTACH=CONFIG]56952[/ATTACH]
11-29-2009, 02:38 PM
#5
Super Member
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Long Island, NY
Posts: 8,807
OMG - that's beautiful and you want to hear something amazingly coincidental? I have a very similar one I bought at auction years ago. I, too, want mine handquilted. Maybe you'll pass on the info from KWhite to me? That would be wonderful!
11-29-2009, 04:15 PM
#9
Super Member
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 9,688
Good idea! Around here the hand stitching is quick and inconsistent with some--not all, of course. So, research well.
I once had a boyfriend whose grandmother made that pattern for us--but we never even got to the engagement phase. I used to visit her and watch her quilt. My mother told me years later that she asked the grandmother if she would sell the quilt to her to give to me, but she wouldn't go for it. I did get a pillow though. :D
I once had a boyfriend whose grandmother made that pattern for us--but we never even got to the engagement phase. I used to visit her and watch her quilt. My mother told me years later that she asked the grandmother if she would sell the quilt to her to give to me, but she wouldn't go for it. I did get a pillow though. :D
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
