When I was too young to know better, I went through my mother's scraps and was allowed to take only the tiny ones. I diligently cut thousands of them, then sewed and sewed and sewed. I finished it when I was still a teenager. But I hated it so much I kept it folded up in a drawer at my mother's house. Well, my sister decided to surprise me. She put red on the back because it's my daughters favorite color, and finished it up for a wedding gift to my daughter. She loves crows foot too, and does a great job. Over all, this is a loud, garish, brash quilt, but Rachel, LOVES it!

Wow!! What a wonderful heirloom for your daughter. :) You might think it's loud and garish, but I bet your daughter sees a treasure that will make her think of her Mum every time she looks at it. :)

I absolutely love it! :D :D What a wonderful gift for your daughter. I know I would treasure it if it were mine!

You did a wonderful job for a teenager and there is nothing wrong with it at all. Funny how you view things differently at different stages in life. I am sure at the time you were quite proud and now , well love the caption on the 2nd picture!! Your daughter will treasure it!!!

That's really colorful! I came across a similar foundling at one point and took wide grossgrain ribbon to it as faux sashing. A large diamond in the center - a couple more on the outside, and at corners, a set at 90* makinng squares. It really changed it a lot! The bright colors found boundaries and glittered like stained glass.

I've also seen tops that were "too busy" to finish cut into 60* diamonds to form one big star against a solid background. It is a perfect base, but just needs an extreme light or dark to give your eyes a place to set. Strictly my own opinion. Your mileage may vary.

No wonder your daughter loves it so!! It's made with her mom's loving stitches--and it's a part of history! That's an amazing quilt! And so comforting I bet.

Send your sister a dozen roses. :D

I think that your daughter's quilt is wonderful! And what a sweet sister you have to do that for her.

I love this quilt - it right up my alley. I like that she counted all of the stripes.

Your sister did the right thing, I give her two :thumbup: :thumbup: !!!!

You did a great job too! That quilt represents something your daughter loves...... YOU!

I love the quilt and the idea behind it. I like the scrappy look.

Kyia

Over 2600 pieces - wow!! I love it and so glad your daughter loves it too.

That is a true scrappy, I for one love quilts like that.......my favorites :D

I LOVE,LOVE,LOVE it!!!

It was me that embroideried that in 1973. My maiden name, I counted the pieces and didn't want to wonder about it again, and the date. I continue on the idea of embroidering to mark all the quilts.

This is a FABULOUS quilt! What a wonderful thing for your sister to do for your daughter!

Wow...I love it too and what a great keepsake for you daughter.

Add me to the list of people who love the quilt. It's just what I like most.

That was so sweet. I like it! The red backing really looks great with the top too.

I think it's a great quilt.
You did a good job, so did your sister!
I'm sure your daughter will cherish it forever!!

My kind of quilt! What a wonderful quilt for your daughter. She will treasure it forever!!

That IS STUNNING!!!!
What a wonderful, thoughtful person to have done this for you.
Truly a treasure.
Kirsten

That was very thoughtful of your sister to do that. She's a giving kind of person, huh? I think it WONDERFUL!!! How could you not love it?

What a fantastic gift to give your daughter!!! I absolutely LOVE it!!! It sooo reminds me of a quilt my grandmother had made with her home extension ladies...it had no batting just the hand pieced top sewn to a piece of red flannel with small yellow flowers in it. The colors are sooo similiar!! I LOVED that quilt...and it kept her close to me when she passed. What a treasure!! Your daughter will cherish this for sooo many years to come!! Your sister and you did a great thing together!! Even if you didn't mean to Mom LOL

I think it's an awesome quilt!! I love the bright colors, scrappy look and vintage feel! What a fantastic keepsake quilt for your dd!

:shock: Wow...i know I seem some of my old dress fabric in there...awesome girl just awesome....

I can sure relate to that! As we look at it we have a blast remembering that little 4 of July outfit, here's the first day of school dress, oh look, this one was the fabric we had look alike dresses from. . . and so on.

I just love it - makes you feel happy & smiley.

Love it. Great charm quilt.

This is what scrap quilts are all about! I'm sure there are lots of memories here. What a nice thing for your sister to do. Your daughter is very lucky!

I like it. I love all the colors. What a super neat gift for your daughter. That was so nice of her to finish it

I can't believe I made it so huge! It's a queen, back when I'd never heard of a queen. Now you see how boring my life was in the country with NO TV.