What a fabulous quilt. I am so sorry that no one in the maker's family saw the value of the beauty that had been created. But lucky you to have seen it, acknowledged the skill of the maker and had the $$$$ to purchase the quilt to lovingly care for. Another reason for us quilters to go to estate sales or the like. We can be preservationists for the text generations who my not yet understand the skill needed to make a quilt by hand. Congratulations!!