Saving the best for last for another, Vintage Thingy Thursday hosted by Suzanne at Colorado Lady. This treasure of a quilt is another, and the last one we have, from my Great Grandmother. this one is in the possession of my mother.As a kid I remember having this one on my white canopy bed for many years. I believe the flowers are poppies, but please correct me if I am wrong. The edges are scalloped with a red binding.
Again I am in awe of her stitches and eye for detail. The colours are getting a bit faded, but after so many washings over the years I am not surprised.
this feather stitch (below) I want to learn to do on my machine.
You must have felt like a little princess, sleeping in your canopy bed with that lovely quilt on it! How enchanting! Great Grandmother was a very talented quilter!
ReplyDeleteThis is breathtaking. I can not imagine the work that went into making this wonderful quilt. Your quilts are truly family heirlooms. I love the one I think best, but it is hard to pick, they are all wonderful.
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pretty quilt you got here.. and I agreed this is family precious treasure! lovely..
ReplyDeletewow it sure is a beauty..i love the quilting too :)
ReplyDeleteThis quilt looks amazing for being washed 'many' times. I note how the stitches and the embroidery have held up. Wonderful handwork!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful quilt. You can tell a lot of love and hard work went into it!
ReplyDeleteIt is gorgeous! Yes, those are poppies. Love the edging and the quilting.
ReplyDeleteWow...it is absolutely gorgeous!
ReplyDeletedid you say ALBERTA!!!!! where ???? I am in Red Deer!!!!
ReplyDeleteI suppose that if I read your profile I would have known that!!! lol....I have not met another Alberta Blogger before and I got all excited and jumped the comment gun!!!
ReplyDeleteThis quilt is wonderful! I'm so glad you showed it to us! The pattern is Poppy Wreath by Mountain Mist and your great grandmother may have gotten the pattern from inside the batting wrapper that she bought to complete another of the wonderful quilts you've shown us. I just posted the basted applique center of the other Poppy quilt pattern by Mountain Mist-looks like I picked the wrong poppy pattern to do-this is so gorgeous! :)
ReplyDeleteYour great grandmother's quilting just adds that extra special beauty that only she could add.
Your quilt is amazing and beautiful!! I especially like the fact that it has been lovingly used all these years!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing!
Ooooo, a canopy bed would have been a dream come true for me..and what a lovely covering was on your bed. It's just beautiful. Happy VTT and have a great weekend.
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