I agree. No matter how wonky it may be, your daughter will treasure it! (And I love the "scene" fabrics your aunt used! How cool.)

I agree.

[quote=feline fanatic]Correct me if I am wrong, but it looks like your late aunt was attempting Quilt as you go. Those blocks appear to be sandwiched and quilted, then stitched together, but she failed to use a sashing strip to hide the raw edges visible on the back when she sewed her quilted blocks together.

It is just the top and batting. There is no backing. I will have to add that.

Ditto! :-)

Your aunt made this quilt top with love, and you will finish it with love for her and for your daughter. That has a powerful beauty all it's own. Is there fabric from her stash that you can use for the border? Hope the process of finishing the quilt will help you grieve and heal. Don't even worry about the squaring up. I, too, vote for squaring after you put on the border.

Try using a high loft batting when quilting it. Some of the fullness may bury in the batting.

I really like this idea of tying it, you don't have to do as much squaring up and it would look nice and be stable. If you think you want a border that would be fine, but you could also just add a backing pillow case style then tie it.

how ever you finish it there was love put into this quilt in memory of your aunt and you be sure to label itso i hope you finish and your daughter can hang it on a quilt rack

Wow, How lucky you are to receive such a wonderful gift from your Uncle. I'm no quilter, or at least not yet, I'm working on my very first quilt. But, I do know, that when I started this quilt I had no experience, no one to help and guide me or give those little hints that, I'm quickly finding out, all good quilters know. I like 'take along' projects. My son, who is 27 now, was in Little League, Bowling, Lacrosse, Boy Scouts for 8 years and any other activity we could get him interested in and I always liked to have something to do, so I'd take along a cross stitch project or a crochet piece I'd be working on. When I decided that I wanted to learn how to quilt, I searched on the internet for a take along project. I had never thougt about quilting before because I thought it would keep me seated in front of the sewing machine for hours and hours. Well, to my surprise, I found hexagon paper piece patterns and then.....I discovered applique. Ohhh, I love applique, taking a class now with Mimi Dietrich. Anyhow, where I'm heading with this wealth of knowledge, lol, is that when I started my hexagon paper piece quilt I had no idea what I was doing. The instructions just said to whip stitch the hex's together and just stay as close to the edge of my fabric as possible, so I did. However, the only thing I had ever hand sewn was a button on a shirt, lol. I was using regular sewing thread. I later found out from a sales lady at Joann's that I should be using hand sewing thread, I had no idea they had such a thing. Then, I found the YouTube site where people actually demonstrate how to do things, that I should only be using a single strand of thread. So, I have a few Grandmother's Flower Garden flowers that are a little, ummm, not so pretty. lol Here's where I can add my two cents worth, lol...I was going to go back and redo all of the hex's where I had used too much thread and had used regular sewing thread but I thought, 'No, I'm not going to do that'. If I'm lucky enough for my quilt to last for 50 years or more, I want to be able to look back and tell my grand children all about the "flaws" in Granny's quilt and the lessons I learned while making it. I don't really plan on using this particular quilt even though I think it's a shame to make a quilt and not use it (I want to save it for a family heirloom). I think when predicaments like mine and yours arise (your quilt being the last quilt your Aunt worked on and mine having the wrong thread and too much thread), I think it gives your quilt a certain 'character'. So, personally, I wouldn't change a thing. AND, only my opinion, but after I finished that quilt, I'd give that very quilt right back to your Uncle. It might comfort him to know he's sleeping under the very last thing that his beloved wife made with her own hands before she passed away. Wow, getting all mushy and teary eyes here. Gotta go!

Yes, this as above and then tie.

It is a very special quilt to remember her by. What a privilidge to be able to complete it.