A quilt top I found that I felt worthy of finishing. I bought it from a wonderful little 93 year-old woman - with a story that she had no children to leave the quilt to, and that it had been made by HER grandmother - so I can date it to well over 100 years old - the last part of 1800......According to my pattern books, it is a "Pine Burr" pattern, but since I don't know what a Pine Burr is, I am calling it a "Chestnut Burr", as we have chestnut trees here on the farm, and I definitely know what a Chestnut Burr is!
I bought a thin cotton batting, an unbleached muslin backing, and am trying to quilt it worthy of its beauty.
It has become an obsession - I find myself working on it at all hours of the day and night.......have it about half done. At least it is a break from mowing grass!
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