Mom has discovered an appliqued quilt top that she made "back in the day." The applique is embroidered with some chain stitch, French knots and satin stitch.
So we went to the quilt store (an excellent excuse for it) and found a beautiful backing fabric with a rose design that will compliment the applique on the front. You can see it folded at one corner of the quilt top in the picture.
The really exciting discovery was that the stencil for the quilting is still on the fabric. It's faint (too faint to photograph) but it's plenty adequate to quilt by.
So, I'm taking the quilt to Hawaii and will ask my quilting buddies to help me sandwich and baste it while we're at our Volcano retreat in February.
This will be a loooong process but I'm looking forward to doing it. As you can see, it would go very well in Mom's bedroom and fits her queen size bed perfectly. So that's the goal. -Jeanie
2 comments:
This quilt is beautiful and looks right at home on mom's bed. How wonderful that it was found and is going to be finished. Great job preserving it mom and good for you Jeanie having a plan to get it quilted and used. Excellent.
It really is pretty. So neat that you can finish it for her!
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