Originally Posted by QuiltnCowgirl
You know - I found a quilt top that my mom "pieced" in her rough, zig zag stitch method. I am going to do nothing more that add borders, backing & bind it as is. It was handled & touched by her in her own way. I can't & shouldn't change that. It is a part of her; the history she left behind.
I helped my mother finish a Grandma's Flower Garden that her grandmother and mother had started in the 1930's. My great-grandmother was a very impatient stitcher, and we can tell which parts she worked on. Rather than trim the sides straight, we appliqued it all, tidy and messy alike, to a border piece so that we wouldn't lose any of the personality. I love the wonkiness of quilts -- if you want it squared, I agree with putting the borders on and squaring those up.