Originally Posted by
RugosaB
30 years ago, my husband's grandmother died, and we got all her quilts, in all different phases. Just last year I decided to get her maple leaves quilt finished. She had hand pieced the leaf blocks, as well as putting some in rows, with sashing. Luckily, she also left a piece of graph paper that she had drawn how they were going to go in the quilt, on point.
I took the autumn pattern from my sash, and did finish it.
HOWEVER, I'm not a hand quilter, but felt this piece deserved a 'hand quilted'
finish, so I used what I knew as the Big Stitch
I used many different colors of perle cotton, to match each leaf, and yellow for the sashing.
It's finished, but probably not the way she had envisioned.
Lesson:
Don't die and leave UFO's, you never know when (30 yrs later), how, (big stitch) or even IF they will get finished
I'm know if I left this UFO and someone cared enough to finish it I would be so tickled. Better that it is still in the family and not some church rummage sale.
I think you honored your hubby's Grandmother by finishing it and since she isn't here to tell how she envisoned it finished....I'm sure she would be pleased that you took the time to complete her UFO.
Last edited by onaemtnest; 12-13-2011 at 05:46 PM.