Thank you all & madquilter too- that is just the framework I needed to finish my first quilt which will have a special heirloom quality to it as I made it from fabric that my aunt ,who patiently taught me to sew on the old treadle & which I am using now.
I am passing this piece to my neice in an effort to germinate a desire in her. I have been stung by the quilting B...