Some of you may recall me purchasing an antique American quilt top in an antique store in Comfort, Texas in 2004. I bordered and sandwiched it up and put it away. I have finally got around to completing it by hand quilting every day (almost ) for the last eight weeks. The quilt top consisting of the squares on-point, "Trip Around the World", was hand stitched by a lady from a town near Comfort in
1930-40's. This quilt top is amazing because it has obviously been stored for all those intervening years out of the light and damp -- the colours seem as bright and cheerful as when it was constructed. It's made with feed sack materials. Some of the tell-tale thread holes are visible on some of the squares. Before I could sew it to the border I had to remove a row of original setting triangles and a row of squares. I was able to incorporate some undamaged triangles into the border. It is now in pride of place as a queen size quilt for our guestroom. It has been an honor to finish a project that was not completed for an unknown reason by the original quilter. The history just emanates from the quilt. I love it.-- Cheers Bronnie Qld Australia