Kentucky Quilts

12 years ago

We attended a memorial for DH Jim's wonderful Aunt Betty last weekend. It's sad to think of a world without her but she lived a life worth celebrating. Like all family gatherings of this type, we laughed, we cried, we hugged, told stories, cooked constantly and ate way too much. And we talked about quilts! Turns out Aunt Betty made a quilt or two in her younger years and so did her daughter Nancy. One of the women attending the memorial just turned to quilting about 5 years ago - she was a dear friend of Aunt Betty's when they both lived in Japan, although neither of them quilted at that time. Isn't it fun to be able to talk about quilting when you least expect it? Of course, Nancy brought out quilts for us to admire. I've already posted pictures of the crazy quilt she's trying to save in a separate post, but here are three more quilts. I'm sorry I don't remember who made which one or exactly when they were made. All are at least 30 years old.

Kate

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Comments (14)

grammyp
12 years ago
Thanks so much for posting the pictures. I just love the old patterns. That bowtie is wonderful.

beverly
quiltnhen
12 years ago
They're so pretty. They look like they have that satiny softness of older quilts.
LindaB/CA
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day2day
12 years ago
What wonderful quilts.
Love looking at these oldies- but-goodies.
TFS.

~Geraldine
msmeow
12 years ago
Kate, I'm sorry for your loss.

Thank you for sharing the quilts!

Donna
User
12 years ago
Thanks for sharing these wonderful vintage scrap quilts - I especially love how she quilted the bowtie with multiple lines of echo quilting - can't tell by the photo, but are these hand quilted?
beth7happy
12 years ago
Beautiful!!! can't you just feel the love??
magothyrivergirl
12 years ago
Sorry for your loss. It sounds like it was a nice memorial for a nice Lady.
I also love how she quilted the Bowtie quilt. The way she quilted it really changed the look. I have been thinking about making another,and if I do, I know how I am going to quilt it!
Thanks for sharing these quilts with us!
littlehelen_gw
12 years ago
How special are these...thanks for sharing with us...they are lovely!
The quilting on the bow tie is perfect...not sure I'd have the patience for the echo, but it is such a perfect design. I'm partial to the middle one...it's the simplicity that captures me.

V.
K8Orlando
Original Author
12 years ago
The bow tie is hand quilted. If I remember the story right, it's the first AND ONLY quilt cousin Nancy ever made. She was young when she tackled this pattern and wishes now she had started with something easier! It put her off quilting because it was so tedious. I assured her it was beautiful and worth the time she spent on it.
geezerfolks_SharonG_FL
12 years ago
Kate, As the others have said, the quilts are wonderful. I have always enjoyed traditional patterns and particularly like the quilting on this Square-in-a-Square quilt. Thank you for sharing.

SharonG/FL
User
12 years ago
Thanks for sharing the story of your family member and quilter. All the quilts are lovely, I especially like the bow tie quilt. All these quilts are so nice and white and don't look to have yellowed, ... how did they store them to keep them so white?

Best to you and yours,
Sandra

This post was edited by quiltingfox on Thu, May 22, 14 at 15:22
polardream
12 years ago
Kate,
So sorry for your family's loss - but thank you so much for sharing your story and quilt pictures! It is fun to have that connection - quilting - that keeps families "tied" together!

The quilts are great - love the bow tie!

Sue
Robbi D.
12 years ago
I'm sorry for your loss, but love the legacy left behind. Beautiful!!

Robbi
rosajoe_gw
12 years ago
The are beautiful! I love anything hand quilted and I lean towards the traditional patterns too.