This is one of the prettiest days of fall so far! The golden orange and red leaves are blowing from the maple trees and the sun is warm on my face. I love it!!! It makes me want to clean house. I washed every sheet and blanket on our bed yesterday. I am one of those women that thinks of spring cleaning but doesn't get around to it till the fall.
As I was putting the quilt back on the bed I took a picture of it. This is my first quilt I made and hand quilted. The fabric cost me $1.00 a yard and as you can see it ...now you know why...lol. I cut all the pieces by hand and was so very proud of it. I quilted on it for a whole year and loved every minute. The year was 1981 when I started this quilt, and it has a label on one corner declaring to the whole world that I made it!
My quilting frame was made from some 2x4's my husband took out of a wall we opened up between the kitchen and dinning room in our second house. I would sit at my saw horse quilt frame that ran the length of our dinning room and quilt while the kids took naps. Those were some really sweet days of motherhood for me. The kids were still young and they thought I was smart and a lot of fun to be around. Can you see the hand quilting stitches...I was so proud of them..shoot I still am!!!
The colors are still so vibrant after so many years because it has laid on our bed upside down!!
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