I remember comforters from my other Grandma! In fact, I have two of them in
my collection right now. As much as I loved to trace the trips around the
world on the quilt on my bed, I remember how "comforting" it was to curl up
in those comforters, too! I had almost forgot about them. Thanks for the
reminder!

Louise in Iowa
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...... So what's the first quilt you remember (even if it was from just
last
year)?

I have never gotten a quilt! My Granny was from Ireland and she sewed
but
she never made quilts. She made all her clothig, rag rugs, tatted stuff,
crocheted stuff but no quilts.
Years ago -- at least 25 -- I first put my hand to making what I termed
a
comforter because it wasn't quilted, it was tied and I used really FAT
batting.
I made them for the babies being born and they were made of poly/cotton
gingham. I would alternate 3 different sizes of 10" gingham. The
comforters
were 3 blocks wide and 5 blocks long and the backing was a 45" wide
coordinating solid. I left the batting about 2" larger than the quilt on
all 4
sides and turned the excess backing to the front, tucked in the raw edge,
mitered the corners and top stitched the whole thing down.
They weren't too bad, all things considered. Of course, they were
nothing
like the quilts I make now that I have found RCTQ and been totally
corrupted by
y'all -- thank the heavens :-)))! CiaoMeow ^;;^
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PAX, Tia Mary ^;;^
Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about
their
WHISKERS!!
Nothing is complete without a few cat hairs!