poor unloved irises
 

I bought this paper pieced wall hanging this morning at a garage sale. Price? $2. Poor thing was made by the seller's Mom and was hanging beside the furnace! I think I will wash it, give it a new hanger and hang it in my sewing room. The picture quality is not good, the fabrics are quite nice.

I have one of those I made many years ago too...kind of ran out of wall space..... I called mine "Stilted Iris" I think it's an Eileen Sullivan pattern ( foundations) Enjoy your new treasure!

Terrific find! It will make a great addition to your sewing room! :)

Those Siberian Iris look so light and graceful compared to the 'regular' iris.

That is beautiful find.

I hope Mom is not a member on here- can you imagine! Well done saving it.

I always wonder if the folks selling these "made by Mom" treasures realize that they are selling a little piece of their Moms heart.

It's beautiful and I know YOU will enjoy it. Good save!

I think it's lovely. Nice save and it now has a good home.

OOOOH LA LA....love it!

I expect they will realize it one day.

What a complicated pp project. So glad you have rescued it, since it wasn't appreciated in it's old home.

I want to make a wall hanging so bad but no wall space-I think I'll do one and hang on the door

Wow. A lot of hard work went into making that! Hope 'Mom' knows it was being sold. Thanks for rescuing it :)

wow, it's beautifully pieced. nice save

It is good that this lovely piece is NOW appreciated.

glad you saved it!!!!!!!

Very nice, and such a good price. Enjoy

Really nice save for underappreciated lice of work!

Such beautiful work and so sad that moms work not appreciated. Glad it's now in a new home where it will be loved. Great find!

what a find, it is so pretty. it deserves a place all it's own to show off.

I love a rescue! So glad you saved it.

Wow, love the angular shapes. Good find!
Thimblebug: Thanks for the name of the designer. Went to her web site, she sure has some beautiful designs.

georgeous find

So glad you rescued this beautiful piece

lovely piece

I buy counter cross stich pieces I find at yard sales and thrift shops. I feel so bad for the person who did the work and it was not appreciated for the work involved. I plan to make a quilt with the pieces I am collecting into a quilt. Ithink I will call it something like A new life for hard work. I used to do counted cross stitch and embrodiery, so I know the work put into these pieces. Same with the quilts, although I have only done wall hangings so far.

Poor irises! Why on earth would it hang next to a furnace? I take that back. After years of estate sales, I've seen much stranger things. Enjoy your new treasure!

Looks like it could use a bit more quilting, too!

It's a wonderful thing to save this treasure...so ,many hours of work...$2.00?

I would be anxious to see a better photo because this really isn't bad. Trying to imagine brighter photo. Amazing what one can find at a garage sale.

Those Iris are a sturdy lot - I love their smell - good find. See you can't keep a good iris down!

Great rescue!

So glad you rescued it. Very pretty

What a fantastic find and I'm glad you rescued it. Sometimes people don't appreciate what goes into making quilts and equate them with cheap knockoffs from China. We need to keep educating people about the importance of older quilts, wall or bed.

So glad you found it, rescued it, and will now give it a loving home!

..wouldn't we all feel blessed to have our Mother's sewing/quilting treasures? especially with Mother's Day so close.

Great find!

I love it.

Just finished stippling and mctavishing one of these treasures that I bought at a thrift store for 2$ also...I really cherish who ever spent all the time making the georgeous irises.
So glad to be able to put Eileen Sullivan's name on the back for the pattern credit...
......it will stay on my wall.
It's called , "this is why I go to thrift stores!"