Do magazines show beds made with patchwork quilts anymore?
I don't sew, and have never quilted and have no onterest in learning to do so. I have a couple of friends who love all things quilt--and they make beautiful ones and they are real works of art. For 25 years of my life I slept under a quilt of one type or another. Winter, Summer--my childhood homes had quilts for all seasons.
I am now the owner of two twin bed quilts that were made by my great grandmother. And they are pristine.
A friend identified them as "Wreath of Leaves" pattern. They are in perfect shape--no tears or stains or rips. Lovely. Probably made in the 1920s-30s by the looks of the fabric.
Quilts just say all the nicest things of years gone by. They have personality and stories to tell--of the hands of the women who made them and the origins of the fabric swatches. More than anything to me--they speak of crisp late summer nights when you kept the bedroom windows open, and had a kitchen cupboard filled with tastes of summer "put up" in ball jars.
Our guest bedroom has two twin beds and Great Grandma's handiwork is gracing them. What a treat for me.
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