Quilts galore

Victoria pieced and hand- quilted this king size quilt in Americana colors. It was beautiful!


















Karen (not in attendance) made this queen size rag quilt for her daughter's bed. Notice that some of the quilt blocks are cut in smaller sizes and add variety to the pattern.















Beverly's children made her this memory quilt for her 40th wedding anniversary. Each family contributed pictures, and each grandchild had his/her own block to decorate. Priceless!














Susan found this quilt abandoned in an old hideaway bed they bought and she rescued it. Isn't it beautiful? It was undoubtedly made from old scraps of fabric or cut from clothing that had worn out.















This quilt was made by Marlene's aunt out of her old wool suits. It was very heavy and warm. It reminds me of the quilts our Grandma Mayme had in her basement bedroom. Those quilts were extremely heavy and very warm, just like this one shown.















This star quilt was hand quilted and purchased at a quilt bazaar.














Each piece of this quilt was hand stitched by Fay, shown holding up the quilt. It's taken her years to sew all the pieces together and now the top is finally ready for hand quilting. All the pieces are made from silk or nylon. It was amazing! Fay is a real quilting expert.




















This quilt is also one owned by Fay. It is a family tree quilt showing her parents as the trunk and each of their children as a major branch. The parent's names are at the bottom and each of the branches represents one of their children. The grandchildren and great-grandchildren are the leaves growing from each branch. It was beautiful!




















Here is another hand-stitched heirloom quilt shown by Jil. It was given to her by her mother who had since passed away. Her six daughters all want to inherit it. I can see why.














This is another heirloom quilt shown by Jil. Isn't it beautiful with the embroidered quilt blocks? I love the pink and white color. We all commented that it is too bad that quilting has become almost a lost art. Quilts add so much to a home.




















Jil's daughter has made a baby quilt for each of her nieces and nephews. This is a rag quilt she made for one of them. She was unable to have children for 10 years, so she spent part of her time making quilts for her nieces and nephews. Now she has four children of her own, but she still loves to make baby quilts and give them as gifts. She showed us several varieties that her daughter has made.

At our last Dust Busters gathering, we shared quilting ideas. Some women have made beautiful quilts and some have been given heirloom quilts from others. The group had some great ideas to share, such as which scissors to use when clipping rag quilts (shown above) and how to use different quilting frames to achieve different results. Some quilts are made by hand, some are tied with yarn, some are hand sewn with yarn, others are machine quilted and some are hand pieced. It was a great evening of sharing ideas for making quilts and showing quilts that have great meaning to some of the women. It was a great gathering of wonderful women.