Needle Pricks

Lin shared her story about quilting and her experiences "getting back into it" after some time off.  This brought back a flood of memories.  I am in possession of a very old quilting frame because my late wife, Ellie, was a quilter and I still have some stuff.

 This was the last quilt Ellie made.  Pattern is "Hunter's Star."

 There are eighty blocks in this quilt, all hand-pieced, 32 pieces per block.
That would be, uh, hmmm.  Way north of two thousand pieces.

 Ellie chose a light pink backing and had much of the quilting done before she died.

 Her friends in her quilting club finished the quilting. (Bigify to read.)

The quilting frame is tall and the artisan stands while she works.  A tall barstool will work, too.
It occupied a four foot by twelve foot space in our living room for quite some time.

Each of Ellie's grandchildren has a crib-size quilt that their grandmother made.