Vintage Grandmother's Flower Garden and More

It was finally a clear day

here in Colorado.

My antique Grandmother's Flower Garden

was ready to be displayed.

Vintage 1940's Grandmother's Flower Garden

Completed 2023

I was lucky to acquire 

these 94 fabulous blocks about a 

year ago.

I spent a lot of time 

carefully hand sewing the blocks together. 

With each added row,

the top got more colorful and beautiful

The original quiltmaker was very skilled

and each hexagon was perfectly sewn to create

these fantastic flowers.

Many of them had the

designs fussy cut from the fabrics.

And we think we're so clever today.

After it was pieced together, I began the hand quilting.

That was the easy part.

Then it was decision making time.  

What to do with the edge and binding.

Many ideas were considered.

I finally cut strips 7/8" wide and used

a Clover bias tape maker to create the narrow binding.

There was no way I could attach it by machine

or even hand stitch it through all the layers.

I appliqued one folded edge to the top of the quilt

going around and around each hexagon side.

Then did it all again. 

Appliqueing the other folded edge of the binding

to the backing.

The binding ended up 

being about 3/16" wide on each side.

It went perfectly around all those 

jagged edges.

If I had had more of the original fabrics,

I could have filled in some of that space on the outer edges,

but I worked with what I had or didn't have,

and love the finished look.

I took it to the Benson Sculpture Garden

in Loveland, Colorado to see what others might think

about this finished quilt.

"Perfect, my dear."

"It's just the way I would have done it."

"Say hey, Good Lookin'

What ya got cookin'?

How's about cookin' somethin' up 

with me?"

"Come away with me to

my fairy garden."

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I brought along a second quilt I had

just finished as a charity donation

to Children's Hospital in Denver.

The children let it join in and play.

Everyone was having a good time.

Until....

Hey, bring that back!

It was a fun place to hang around.

Until Next Time-

Kyle