Quilting Event

What beautiful quilts! Oh, thank you Marlingrace!

Of all the quilting techniques, I have to say I admire applique the most, and even though I'm a longarm quilter, I most admire hand quilting. :)

Are you sure those pictures were taken in Virginia? Those ladies looked like they were in heaven to me....

@marlingrace,@snarky412,Nugget,

Oh WoW!!! All those are just awesome!!!  WOW... again!  wow

My grandmother made handmade quilts right up until she was 93; even threaded her own needle! I hope if I live that long that my eyesight is that good!
I have the last quilt she made. Such a treasure to pass down through the generations! 

Thanks for sharing those!  113

Very Nice, Looks like they all had Fun, Glad you're back and sharing! UsIR2gFKB0CLlT_iyfUa

As usual Nugget you are spot on, the wife has a quilt that is well over 100 years old that was made by her great grandmother and is pieced from old clothing and backed with feed sack material. To this day it is beautiful, and I use it in our bedroom to stay warm when I sleep in a chair. She carries on the quilt tradition, from her great grandmother, grandmother and mom today. The difference is just technique. Applique being her favorite, this month we will host probably 25 women from our area, and as she says to "Stitch & Bitch" the Saturday away. She teaches the basics, and I don't think there is any aspect of it she doesn't love. Next year we have made arrangements with the Williamsburg consortium to open the museum for us to let everyone see the the quilts that are 200 to 300 years old.

And to Doug, I learned along time ago and it took my not so little brother to teach me the only dumb question is the one you don't ask. If anyone thinks it's a dumb question they probably don't have the right answer anyway. Which again is another reason why I like HH and it's members so much, everyone is very respectful of this. 

Oh and I have now 100 photos that I will upload in a few days and provide a link to some additional quilt images. It has been very fun we are already working on next year, and last years event was just 4 days ago. Thanks everyone for your kind words.

Here is the updated Image Gallery


We have already started on planning and arrangements for next year.