Antique Quilt Finished

Finally, it is finished!! My grandmother on my

Mom's side started this quilt way back in the

late 60's. It was all hand pieced and has a lot

of feed sack material in it.

My cousin ended up with it after buying my

aunt's house and graciously gave me the unfinished

quilt top. I finished the pieces by machine and patched here

and there and got it all ready and sent to the quilter.

I put lime green marble on it for backing and binding,

which may not go with the time frame....but I like it.

I am not really sure what the quilt block is called.

I know in one of Eleanor Burns' books, Underground

Railroad they refer to it as the Crossroads Block.

I have always had a fascination with the feed sack

material and I am so glad my Grammie put some of

it in these blocks.

I also recognize the fabric that is white with the red polka dot

in it from fabric she made a shirt out of in the late

60's. She wore that shirt a lot and I liked it, she would

most generally have a hanky stuffed in her front breast

pocket and a pack of Camel cigarettes. LOL...I don't

even think they had filters back then. Or were they

Pall Malls? Heck I can't remember...Pa Pa smoked one

kind she smoked the other.

Now back to my quilt talking...

The quilter finished it with an older pattern and did

a great job and it is bound and ready to use.

Matter of fact, I cuddled up in my glider with

it last evening. We're having a little cooler

evenings here in Southern Missouri this week.

I thought...mmm.... kinda like having my grandmother's

arms around me, by having this hand stitching

of hers surrounding me.

I am just so thankful my cousin gave it to me

and I actually stuck in there and got it finished.

I think having my Mother get so gravely ill this

winter lit a fire under me so I could see that it

was done and Mom could enjoy looking at what

her Mother had pieced so many years ago.