Three Dog Night

When my mom passed away we found about 20 quilt blocks in her sewing closet and since I was the only sewer in the family I inherited them. At the time I was not a "quilter" but they peeked my interest and I was determined to try to put them together into a quilt. I asked my 2 aunts if they knew where the blocks came from or who started them and they had no knowledge of history. Some of these were hand sewn and stitches were very straight and uniform, the blocks are scrappy and fabric is a variety of weaves. I showed them to a friend at work, who took them home and carefully washed and block dried for me. I then put them back in the closet and started my quilting journey (glad I waited) this was in 2006. I got them out yesterday and decided that I needed to finish this unknown quilt before it got thrown away by one of my kids going through my stuff. First thing I needed to do was get a straight edge on the blocks, it looks like the material was ripped not cut and there are no straight lines on any of the blocks. I am going to use my Westalee rulers to QAYG the blocks and then will decide how big to square to (currently they are about 18x18 give or take), will do a sashing to connected the quilted blocks. The pictures were before I trimmed to get a straight edge and get rid of the ruffles. I will update as I make progress.

Tartan

Quilt as you go the blocks and then trim into squares, Any trimming on the edges of the blocks before hand will cut into the hand sewing thread and the edges will start to separate.

Jingle

Lucky you to get them. Nice memory and nice blocks.

Three Dog Night

Just wish I had the history of where they came from and who worked on them. Just a reminder to make sure to leave a label or in this case a note of who started and how they were passed down in the family.

Three Dog Night

Thank you for the reminder Tartan, would hate to have the blocks literally unravel before my eyes.

granky

Good luck putting a quilt together...it will be a really nice memory quilt, although it is too bad that there is no history....

Rhonda K

Those are such pretty treasures. They will make a beautiful quilt.

SusieQOH

How wonderful to have some of your Mom's work! I can't wait to see the progression. Keep us posted!

QuiltnNan

What treasures!

Barb in Louisiana

I am so glad you are taking the time to get these treasures completed.