Originally Posted by
QuiltMom2
Are you sure the embroidery on the second one is done by machine? People had (and have!) some awesome hand sewing skills. Count me envious on your finds!
yes, it is machine emb. The flower stitches are very intense and too perfect to be handwork and the little shield at the bottom of each block identifying the state is "boilerplate"...but none the less, lots of work putting it together...those stars in the sashing and border are hand appliquéd and the whole thing is hand quilted, the body simply (ha) in diagonal channels, border follows the scallops.....so much work put into it. Sadly, not wanted by anyone in family, or maybe there was no one left?.............