Now... for a quilt story.....
These are the two "unfinished quilts" of Dorothy Hughes !!! She was known as a wonderful/beautiful quilter..... I saw her "sewing on the bed"... she talked of her actual technique of pinning and reaching underneath... sitting in a small-kid chair - relieve the strain on her back!!! Pulling and rolling the quilt atop the bed until it was finished. On that day... I remember she had a heavy-wool antique quilt that was being repaired for her friend.
I've looked at the hand stitiching on the 9-patch quilt.... it really is rather ragged.... which makes me believe that she did not quilt it herself... but was finishing a top for a friend.
The other is a hand-stuffed-puffy dresden plate of just six large (24" blocks)....they were done separately. Each one is identical - perfect. But the border fabric is an add-on of a different off-white tone fabric ??? hmnnnnnn kind different.
Since it is unfinished ... I think I'll take the six dresdens and make them into pillow-tops !!! Since this is a memorial feeling I have for my BESTIE FRIEND's mother...... I hope it will be treasured as I give the pillows back to the family.
These are the two "unfinished quilts" of Dorothy Hughes !!! She was known as a wonderful/beautiful quilter..... I saw her "sewing on the bed"... she talked of her actual technique of pinning and reaching underneath... sitting in a small-kid chair - relieve the strain on her back!!! Pulling and rolling the quilt atop the bed until it was finished. On that day... I remember she had a heavy-wool antique quilt that was being repaired for her friend.
The other is a hand-stuffed-puffy dresden plate of just six large (24" blocks)....they were done separately. Each one is identical - perfect. But the border fabric is an add-on of a different off-white tone fabric ??? hmnnnnnn kind different.
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