Vintage Flour Sack Quilt

Some of you may remember the story of 

my sister-in-law's vintage flour sack quilt top.

 

After her mother had gone to be with the Lord

and she was going through her things,

she happened on to this hand-stitched

quilt top made by her grandmother. 

It was all pieced by hand, so it seemed

only right that it should be hand-quilted

and I was blessed with the honor of doing that.

  

The fabrics were all from the 30's and 40's.

They were very soft and as I worked on it,

I had the feeling that her grandmother was

watching and smiling.

Happy that her quilt would be finished

and that it would soon be in the hands 

of her sweet granddaughter.

I have never finished anything that someone

else had started and in doing so I learned 

a lot about being more adventurous with

combining patterns.

As I worked I noticed fabric that I would 

never have put together and yet I loved them.

It was exciting and a lesson

 in combining patterns that this girl needed.

 

It is going to make me a better quilter:)

I used a tiny yellow print for the back,

because I know that my sister-in-law loves yellow.

She had yellow roses on her wedding day :)

Because her grandmother had used pink and blue 

to join her nine squares together, 

I choose blue for the binding.

Now, it is in a box ready to mail

and will soon be in my sister-in-laws  hands. 

This was my label, 

because many years from now 

if her children find this quilt

among her treasured things, 

I want them know it's history.

It was an honor working on this

old and lovely quilt :)

Keep Smiling!

Your blogging sister,

Connie :)