My sister bought a trunk with these incredible quilt tops several years ago at an estate sale. A gentleman was dissolving his mother’s estate and these were included. I do hope the little lady who did such exquisite work knows these have found a happy home where they will be treasured and start new lives.She doesn’t quilt, so passed them on to me, with the caveat that I quilt one for her daughter and one for her son. I am delighted to do so. My niece chose the fan pattern. Her son hasn’t chosen yet, but must choose soon since his wedding is in March. I made the one at the bottom for my son and his wife. There were thirty squares, all pieced on five pound sugar bags, so I added borders to make it king-sized. You may notice, there are pictures of squares included from a friendship quilt, with names…
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Nutsrok 
Delightful! How many more talents do you have?
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I learned to sew in high school. My home ec teacher was a killer. We had to make a tailored suit my sophomore year.
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I had some quilts just like that that grandma had made many years ago. They wore out eventually. I wished we’d had the forethought then to have put them away and save them.
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They were just part of everyday life. When I was little, my mother had stacks of quilts. I was thrilled when I got a blanket. I thought it was gorgeous.
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beautiful!
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Thanks.
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This is lovely..quilting is a beautiful tradition
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It is!
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What a treasure!
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Love the first one, though I’m not sure what that pattern is called, and the friendship quilt is fantastic! We collected quilts, old ones, for years. Have around 25 now. All different patterns. Love my quilts. 😃
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Can you imagine the work that went into these!
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No! One of our quilts, and the only one that’s “new” was made by my wife’s grandma. It’s a king size shoo-fly pattern she made for us as a wedding gift. It’s unreal how many stitches went in to it.
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You know it’s thousands. I am at work on one now. My husband said when he was a kid Mom, Dad, and the kids quilted nights after supper in winter.
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It’s a crazy amount of work, I’m sure. It’s way to micro for me. 😃
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Wouldn’t need to get in a hurry.
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Some people call the top one Sunbonnet Sue.
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It’s fantastic! Every one we have is a different pattern, but I don’t have one like that. Not sure if they do this where you’re at, but lots of farms have these patterns painted on barns here, just like a square of the pattern. Really cool. I thought about doing it on our barn, but we live so far back off the road, nobody would see it. 😃
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You would, and you guests. Do it. It’s not the custom here.
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May have to. I’d have a hard time deciding what pattern to choose though. 😃
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Go simple to start. I started with 4 inch squares.
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