When we cleared out my in-laws belongings, we found this quilt top. My dh says he doubts my mil did it, and I never came across a sewing machine, tho my sil may have taken it earlier...doubt that, too. Sorry the photos aren't better. I have had it since about 1988, don't know how long she had it. There is only one tiny spot that might need to be resewn.

sorry, don't see a pic yet

My MIL didn't have a machine either, but she made quilts all by hand sewing.

Sorry I don't see any photo.

I'm lucky ... I see the picture!

And it's beautiful!!! ..... I hope you are going to finish up now, and ENJOY it!

Photos are really loading up slowly...but hopefully getting there.

Are there more coming? or is it just the one I've seen?

i believe if you research Kansas City Quilts, you will find out more info on this quilt. They published their patterns in the newspaper. It could have an interesting history.

I was just noticing that altho the baskets are all the same, the way the flowers are made, each is different, stems, etc. I had only thought, briefly looking at before, that each flower head was different, but I see now that each is completely different.

I sure hope you finish that one! It is beautiful.

Gorgeous! The idea of using that much aqua would never have occured to me but it created a beautiful quilt. The flowers really stand out. How are you going to finish it?

Lovely will you finish it? can you find a quilting guild in her area they may know more about it.

It is lovely. I like the use of the turquoise.

I love your quilt top.

[quote=gigi10]i believe if you research Kansas City Quilts, you will find out more info on this quilt. They published their patterns in the newspaper. It could have an interesting history.[/quote

This is sort of what I thought when I saw it. It looked like a pattern that I had seen before maybe one in a newspaper .

beautiful, I remember seeing one similar years ago, My aunt did it by hand. Never know where it got to, she passed in '83. She also did one where she croched triangles and stitched them to the base or bowl of the basket. This is so lovely. Thanks for sharing Blessings, Ruth

Lovely

Beautiful, please tell us you are going to have it finished by hand quilting it.

Stunning it is beautiful. Can't wait to see it finished.

Really beautiful! I love this top, colors, design - excuse me while I wipe my chin :)

what a beauty--how lucky you are to have it!

If it were mine, I'd already be hand quilting it. It's beautiful! Quilt tops like this have me just itching to hand quilt every time I see one that's unfinished!

oh awesome. That's gorgeous. I hope you finish it!

It is a very nice quilt. It took someone a long time to make it, I bet.

Elanor Burns "re" published her version of this quilt around 1998-2000.

What did she call it? My MIL died in '88, so can't ask her about it.

Quilt in a Day Eleanor Burns and her sister Patricia Knoechel "re" made the quilt Grandmother's Garden Quilt in 1999. Page five of the book explains that the original quilt maker Florence LaGanke Harris was a quilt pattern designer who's work was syndicated nationwide under the title of the "Nancy Page Quilt Club." The Grandmother's Garden Quilt, a series, quilt was copyrighted by the Publishers Syndicate in 1928 and 1929. The original copyrights were not renewed and passed into the public domain in 1957. I must say this is a great book, spiral bound with lots of patterns and variations. When I purchased it I also bought her fabrics, plastic templates and printed interfacing for the fusible stitch and turn technique. I still have not made the quilt though I have used select patterns and techniques over the years.

Beautiful. Lucky you. :thumbup:

It's beautiful.

Are you certain it is machine pieced?

Wow, it's gorgeous! Lucky you!

It is beautiful. Reminds me of some my Mom made. Tears to my eyes!

How pretty! hurry and get it quilted and let us see it............

while reading this i am finishing the last of the binding with really tiny stitches on my grandmothers UFO from the 1920/30's was not fond of it when i layered it and started the quilting but it has become a friend..... really hope you quilt that lovely top i can tell you it is a rewarding experience

this was the only one my grandmother and aunts ever made

Great quilt! I don't think I have ever seen one done like that!

what a gem!

Beautiful quilt top - lucky you to get to finish it and give it some love! Have fun.

That is going to be georgeous after it is quilted!!! It's georgeous now. I can just invision the quilting pattern now with feathered wreaths in those blank blocks.

BTW my entire family is in Ft. Myers. I'm the only one who lives elsewhere.

What a beautiful basket quilt. Will you finish and use it?

How lovely!

Wow what a nice quilt top, that is a treasure.