This quilt was given to my Mama by her Grandma in 1962. As far as I know it was never quilted. It spent years on my bed when I was a kid and it has been tied to many backings including an Army blanket.

Over the years, the sashing became tattered. The blocks were never all that well done, but I decided it deserved to be saved anyway. I took it all apart and gave it new sashing and corner stones. The large holes in some of the blocks needed to be patched so I added the butterflies. I then quilted butterflies into the blocks, a diamond chain into the sashings and straight lines and butterflies for the borders. It is still not perfect, but it is saved from the trash.

You did a wonderful restoration on this beautiful quilt :D:D:D

It looks great!!! What a treasure it was...and will continue to be!

Now that was worth saving...great job on the re-do. :)

very nice

Great job! Well worth the work. :thumbup: :thumbup:

Great Granma would bless you for saving her quilt. What an exceptional thing to do. I love the butterflies

I disagree with you. It IS perfect! It's very pretty and the butterflies are a great touch. :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
Your great grandmother would be proud of you for caring enough to save it!

I really like what you've done with it.

very nice you did a nice job

That is wonderful!!!

Absolutely!

A real keepsake. Be sure to tell your children about its history, so they will also treasure it.

;-) :thumbup:

Memory worth restoring.

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Thanks for all the nice comments. The quilt has a great tag detailing all of its family history that I bought from Sewnsewer. If you ever need a tag, contact her.

You done a good job.

Great save! Glad that you felt this quilt was worthy...it will now be around for many more years to come.

very cool! now it has "generations" of love sewn in