Originally Posted by mimom
this is the quilt that my grandmother gave me 14 years ago, it was made by her mother. It was in my basement in a tote that was on the bottom of a large stack of stuff. I had to go for it and dig it out
Beautiful treasure - so happy you found it to keep in the family. I have a quilt pieced by my grt grandma & grandma the year my mom was PG w/me. It is priceless to me.
Perhaps the one so called "error" isn't an error after all. I have heard that years ago, quilters deliberately made a block or sm. area of a quilt 'different' - to remind themselves to be humble & not get to feeling they were 'superior' in their craft. Could be an "old wives tale", but I think it adds a little fun (& humility) to the quilts story. (and you can always say "that's my story & I'm sticking to it" :wink: ;-)