Could you please post some pictures? I'm having a hard time visualizing it, and am always so interested in old quilts..so, I'd love to see it.

Me too! I would love to see it! Embroidered or inked initials are often the makers of the blocks. It would be great if you could research more and document your quilt for family history and future generations.
Sandra will be good at dating the fabrics if you can get some closeups.
One of these days I will have to dig out my grandma's Pine Tree quilt and post pics of that. It has a funny story too.
BlueBars

I don't have any pictures in the computer--a few snapshots only. There is a piece of paper pinned to the quilt indicating that it was made in 1883, I think. It was made in BlackJack, Texas not far from Troup.

I haven't gone over the quilt recently--maybe in a couple weeks when we go for Neva's 92nd birthday--I could check it out again. I actually had a picture published in the Quilters Newsletter many years ago. I will try to find a date in case you have access to old issues. When I find the photos, I will try to scan it into the computer. Actually, I've never posted any pictures, so I will have to learn how.

What a wonderful family treasure. My family does not have a strong quilting tradition, but I do have a whole cloth quilt that was made by my great grandmother and her sisters. They were not terribly wealthy and made the cloth for the quilt out of bleached floursacks. You can still just barely see the shadow of the imprint on one of the bags. It hangs above my bed.

Annie

How neat, Annie. Since I have become so fond of quilting, I'm really a fan of white on white quilts. Incidently, where are you? Carole in Central Texas

Hi Carol--I'm in NW Wisconsin, a couple of hours northeast of St. Paul, Minnesota, but am originally from southern Minnesota.

Annie

I'm so frustrated. I can't find the pictures. I came across them last week and put them in the dreaded "safe place." Carole

Carol, what a treasure. It sounds fabulous.
Our family quilts aren't very fancy but I'm
honored to have them. One was made by my GreatGrandmother
& was supposed to have been made when she was very old.
It's basically a whole cloth with yellow embroidered accents.
Then I have a quilt that was made by my 2 "spinster"
great aunts, they were wonderful ladies & sewed almost
exclusively for the menonite charities. It's a sweet but
plain pinwheel. Their names were Alma & Mable.
My mother said they never kept quilts as they were done
in the quilting bee fashion at church. In stead of remembering their quilts
I remember their beautiful garden, homemade preserves & especially their homemade
tomato juice!
My mother was not a quilter but definately was responsible
for my love of sewing & taught many a 4-H'r to sew.
Jill

I have made many quilts for auction at the church's Harvest Festivals and so I do not have that many. I don't have many pictures either, and those I have are in slide form. I made traditional style quilts--mostly pieced--for the auctions. My preferred style is pictorial, translated from drawings I make, but in old quilts, my preference is pieced scrap quilts or white on white. There is something that speaks to the spirit in handling work that was made so many years ago. I guess it is the sense of connection with women in the past. And how can you beat a work of art that is also utilitarian--making something beautiful out of what today would be thrown away in most cases.