Really love the colors!! Beautiful quilt!

Your quilt is absolutely gorgeous!

I still think it's more like a TATW, with the squares set on point rather than straight across. It looks like this vintage TATW - http://annchampion.com/?tag=trip-around-the-world-quilt. The Boston Commons seem to be very much like a TATW, but without the center square from which the trip originates. However, I suspect that these names are used interchangeably, and perhaps the TATW is just a variant of Boston Commons, or vice versa. Whatever the pattern, it is a beautiful quilt and a real heirloom.

Love your quilt, it is so beautiful!!

Wow! I love your quilt! And your grandmother made for you! It's so stunning!

The quilt is lovely, congratulations on its being chosen for display at the Heritage Museum. My guess for stuffing is small fabric scraps, to small to use for anything else.

After the exhibit is over, I am considering a remake of this quilt. I would like to open the squares and take the nylons out. Then use it as a quilt top for a regular quilt. The reason for the modification is that the quilt is just too heavy. Right now I am not using it for that reason. I have a trundle bed that it would be perfect for.

Any opinions on that? I know some people think it should be left as it is, but I think my grandmother would rather see me using it -- she was a very practical person. Some of the scraps in the quilt come from clothing sewn by my mother for our family 50 years ago, so it is definitely a treasure.

Thanks for letting me share this with you!

Dayle

While I understand your desire to make it more usable ... I would leave it as is. To open it and change it ... would change it! And I don't think you'd ever get it looking so beautiful in a re-worked life!

If you find it too heavy, could you use it as a bedspread, rather than the practicality of sleeping under it? JMHO!

Very pretty. I have a pattern from an older quilter of the biscuit / or puff. This quilt is gorgeous! Thanks for sharing.

It's a Boston Commons layout and a really pretty quilt. Everyone will enjoy seeing it, thanks for sharing it with us.