I was going through pictures and realized I'd taken these pictures in September and forgot to upload them to my blog! This quilt has been finished for quite awhile. I actually bought the top in a box lot at an auction. We had just arrived at the auction and sat down and I wasn't paying much attention yet and all of a sudden I hear the auctioneer holler, "No one wants four boxes of fabric for $2.00"??? Of course that woke me up and my hand shot up. And a guy bids $3!!! Of course then I really had to have it, but had no idea what was in those boxes. I got the boxes for $4.00. There were two boxes of brown 60's type calicos which I end up using in 2007 to make quilts for my Mom, Dad and mother in law. Another box had a bunch of large pieces of terry cloth fabric which I used to make towels. And, the last box had some beautiful hand embroidered blocks with birds (I'm still intending to make a quilt with those someday!) and also a complete top all embroidered in greens and reds. I can't remember when I actually got this out to finish it, but I just added a simple red border around it and gave it to Julie Cassidy to quilt for me. She did some custom quilting on it and it turned out gorgeous. There was also a pillow sham or dresser scarf with it. I decided to make a custom pillow insert and make it into a pillow. Here is the finished quilt (click on the photo for a larger view).
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Julie's beautiful quilting
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The embroidery was very well done!
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On my antique bed
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The pillow sham
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The colour is off on this backing...it's a darker green with a shiny polka dot, but here you can see the lovely custom quilting.
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