A Stitch in Time: A Quilt of Love

Jane Link presented the program at today's Columbus Star Quilter's Guild meeting.  What a wonderful program it was - displaying quilts made by  her great grandmother, her grandmother, her mother, herself, her daughter and her granddaughter.  The quilts themselves were a wonderful history lesson but most impressive was the fact that Jane had the stories that went with the quilts.  Even the one Mystery Quilt had a story!

Here's Jane holding her favorite of all the quilts - one pieced by her mother when her mother was only 11 years old.  Hand pieced, hand quilted and gorgeous.

Guild president Susan exclaiming over another of the wonderful quilts.  The fabric colors are still vibrant in most cases - some have faded with time.  But the hand quilting is still as beautiful as the day the stitches were made.

Jane had wonderful pictures of her family.  Her parents are featured in the large picture and the frame with three pictures is Jane herself.  The fabric in Jane's dress is in one of the quilts she displayed.  These quilts were really the first memory quilts, weren't they?

Jane (on right) with her daughter and granddaughter. 

The quilts that her daughter and granddaughter each made during their high school 4-H experience. 

Look at the wonderful collection of quilts - all had pieced and quilted.  Another of Jane's favorite is the basket quilt.  Just think of all the piecing that went into that quilt!

One of the earliest quilts.  I think this is the Mystery Quilt - one of the few Jane has where she's unsure of who made the quilt and in what time period.  As stunning as the vase and flowers are, look at the quilted feathers and other designs.  Exquisite!

A closer look at the quilting designs.  Fabulous!

 One of Jane's urgings was that we talk to those who are familiar with the stories our quilts tell and document those stories for our children and grandchildren.

Cheers!
Margaret

 

This picture got in by mistake and I can't get it out!  A separate post on this later!