Mom's Last Quilt

Where is my hankie?? What a lovely tribute to your mother Joan. And right here at Mother's Day too. Your Uncle Harold will be so touched and grateful to receive it for his birthday....can you really wait that long? It's a beautiful quilt.....in so many ways.

One of the reasons so many of us quilt, is to leave a piece of us to those we love after we have passed. Clearly your dear Mom has done that. I'm sure Uncle Harold will love the quilt... but how will you be able to part with it??

Howdy!

ahhh, that's pretty. Good for your mom, and you, Joan. Congrats on this one.

Sending hugs to your mom's sweet quilting & rockin' daughter.

Happy Mother's Day.

R/Sandy

It's beautiful and I think YOU should keep it..... pami

I said I felt you should keep it...but rethinking....maybe the uncle should have it. I just was thinking if something happened to the uncle you should get it back It is gorgeous.... Pami

That is a stunning quilt Joan. How very courageous of you to pick it up and finish it for your Uncle, and to fulfil your Mum's wishes. You should be very proud that you have done thins. After such a short time, it must have been difficult; but you managed it. Good for you, and a big hug. . In message , joan8904 in Bellevue Nebraska writes

It's just lovely! Truly a family heirloom. Great work from both of yur hands! I think your mom would be proud of how the quilt passed between the generations to get completed. ~L

Your post brought tears to my eyes, Joan. What a special quilt. Uncle Harold is going to be very moved..your mom is smiling down on you, for sure.

-Irene

You need to be absolutely sure to sign it! And be sure to put both your mother's name and your name, somehow indicating that Mom designed and made the top, and that you finished it after Mom passed away. Put your mother's years of birth and death with her name, and the year you finished it with your name. Something along the lines of "top designed and made by [name], 19xx - 200x, and finished by [your name],

Piggybacking here. I agree -- both the quilt and you are family treasures, Joan. It's so generous of you to finish this particular quilt and then give it away, knowing what sentimentality it evokes in you!

The quilt is beautiful, and I'm sure she's so proud of what you have done.

Patti in Seattle

Oh, Joan, what a beautiful quilt. And what a remembrance you have, like you need any physical reminders.

I always think it's so neat when I see mothers and daughters quilting together. On the other hand, it would have been awfully hard for me to work on something my mom started.

She never sewed a stitch and thought I was the most creative, amazing creature on the planet because I could.

Reading and shopping was mom's thing. I inherited a bunch of crap from Walmart and about a million romance novels.

God, I miss her.

Cindy

It's beautiful! My mom passed 2 years ago and I still haven't been able to finish up her quilts. You are a wonderful daughter and worthy inheritor of a great tradition..

I can only hope that someone in my family will take such good care of the projects I leave behind. Thank you, Joan, for sharing.

Soooo beautiful!!

And while I was there, of course I had to look through the rest of your quilts. Wondering if you could post again the pattern name for

-- Kay Ahr in NV to respond to me directly, remove "WESTHI" from the email address

That is HEARTSTRINGS #305 from PineTree Lodge. In the store, it's done with chenille hearts. It makes a great baby quilt, no matter what the fabric. The pattern includes option blocks with stars or trees.

Many thanks to all of you for your kind comments. It wasn't as hard to work on as I had anticipated. Plus, it seemed like one last thing I needed to do for Mom. (Next I can start finishing her embroidery projects! :>)

Mom quilted, but I learned on my own. Every woman in the family has done hand work of some sort and most were quilters. But since I moved away from home in 1968, I've been pretty much on my own as far as quilting was concerned. While our styles were completely different, Mom and I truly enjoyed each other's quilting. We entered the Ky State Fair together for several years, both with our own quilts and joint ones.

And one more wonderful memory. I have the display picture frame that I gave Mom in 2004 for her birthday. It's three Sweepstakes ribbons from the State Fair. My grandmother won hers in the sewing division in 1968; Mom for quilting in 1996 and I won for quilting in 2002. Can't get any better than that. :> x 3!

Thank you for lett> Soooo beautiful!!