Today was another vintage quilt day. A friend of my sister in Texas went to an auction and bought what she thought was a vintage quilt in a box. She paid $1 for it. It turned out, there wasn't a quilt in the box at all, but six quilt
tops ! She really wanted the quilt she saw in the box, but isn't a quilter. Enter Wazoo. In exchange for quilting and finishing her quilt, she gave me the other five tops. I have been doing one every now and again, and today I finished and quilted an on point 9 patch which dates to the 1950s. I added two borders after squaring the top as best I could, and then did some nice quilting in the open areas. I've been working on the hand sewing during some PBS shows, but I will have to finish that tomorrow. I'm pooped!
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Hey! Molly photo bombed my picture!
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That's better.
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I added the red and floral borders
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Fun quilting
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I added the polka dot binding, too!
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Also today, the squirrels who live in the tree across from our front porch came out to play! I never would have guessed there were four of them in that tree, but I saw them all come out of the hole this morning and grabbed the camera.
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Can you spot all four? One in the hole, one next to the hole, one on the branch and one going down the tree.
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You go first! No, you go first!
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Siblings hanging out
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I only have a point and shoot camera, so the photos are a bit fuzzy. I hope they come out again tomorrow! The frolicking and leaf chewing was so much fun to watch, Tim and I spent nearly an hour at the window.
This quilt is stunning! How delighted the original quilter would be that you took her simple 9-patches and made a treasure out of it. The borders you added are perfect, too. What do you do with your quilts?
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