Originally Posted by Candy Apple Quilts

I can just imagine how this happened….. Linda’s mother started piecing this Lone Star back in 1939. Sometimes, life gets in the way, and she set it aside for “someday”.

Years go by, and Mom passed away. Linda and her sister were going through some of Mom’s possessions, and they found this project — that was back in the 1980′s. Linda decided that she would be the one to finish this quilt… for Mom.

Years pass again, and the project was set aside… again. Just recently, Linda decided to finish this quilt for her daughter. When she looked at the quilt top, she noticed that the white fabrics were starting to disintegrate from age. She lovingly replaced all of the white fabric, and brought it over for me to quilt it for her.

I was honored (and thrilled!) to be able to finish this quilt! When the binding is put on, it will be displayed with antique photos of…. Mom. How fitting.

Originally Posted by Grandma Judi

What a beautiful quilt, I love the different materials that were used in it and you did a very fine job in quilting it! I have a quilt top my grandmother made, she was 97 when she passed in 1997. I'm not sure when it was made, but I take it out and look at it and then pack it away again. You gave me a spark to get started on it. Thank you for sharing.

Originally Posted by pscott392

Great job by both of you. I also have some of my Mom's quilt tops from either the 1940s or 1950s that need to be quilted.