Originally Posted by stitchinMamaw
The very first quilt I finished was a grandmothers flower garden . My Grandmother made all the flowers but never put them together . This was done in either the 30's or 40's. They stayed in her cedar chest . She raised me and shw passed away in 1982 . In 2000 I finally got brave and put it together by hand . No machine sewing except for the border or binding . It isn't finished like it should be , but it's fine with me . Such a treasure to keep ! :D I had a smarty asked me why didn't you machine sew it ? I tried to politely tell her that it was already started by hand and that's how I finished it . Still more sassy remarks . I guess some people think if you don't do it by machine it's awful or something .
I was handquilting preprinted panels and got the same response . I just think that some things are better hand quilted . Annie
What a treasure from yoru gmother! I'm sure you will forever see that quilt and remember her and the hard work she did and the hard work you did out of love for her to complete it!!! :!: :!: I might have to take your idea of starting on a smaller preprinted panel to hqnd quilt. I would love to do it!