Among the many craft groups that meet regularly at the clubhouse, is a small group of ladies who enjoy quilting. Yesterday afternoon at the social hour, one of the quilters announced that this morning would be “Show and Tell”. If you had a quilt, or a piece of a quilt, or even a quilting idea, yours or anyone else’s, bring it along and share with the group. I decided I’d take the quilt off my bed, which was a gift to me from my Aunt Betty.
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| Aunt Betty's quilt |
As a child, I spent a great deal of time at my grandparents’ home. I do not remember a time when there was not a quilt in progress and most of the time there were several. My grandmother taught me, as well as all her daughters and most of her granddaughters, to quilt. I spent countless hours at the quilting frame.
My Aunt Betty is the only one of the many females who continued (I should say continues) to make quilts. Betty is quite an accomplished quilter and has been asked over the years to teach quilting classes for various groups. One of her favorite patterns to make is the “log cabin”. The log cabin is a very versatile pattern and quilts can look totally different simply by varying the arrangement of pieces.
The quilt she gave me several years ago is one of her variations on the log cabin pattern and it is hand quilted—not such a common thing these days. I took that quit to the quilting meeting today to share as a tribute to Aunt Betty, as well as to my grandmother, who taught us to quilt.
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