Saturday, January 28, 2012

Christmas Quilt

This is the Christmas quilt my mom made for Rick and I. It is queen-sized and all the fabrics are holiday prints, mostly florals.
I'm usually not a big fan of florals, but this quilt is different. This rounds out all the Christmas quilts that arrived for the holidays.
For years and years, my mom has been trying to win Rick over with a quilt that he will love. However, the only quilt in the entire world that he professes to LOVE is in my mother's possession. It is a crazy quilt from the 1940s-50s that my grandparents made. It is so heavy that it feels like an elephant - or at least a large dog - is lying on top of you when it is used. Oddly, the binding has never, ever been finished. About three years ago she made a crazy quilt with similar fabrics and black Turkey Tracks stitches for Rick. He was appreciative, but still hasn't stopped pestering my mom for the other. All she said is, "When the binding is finished, I'll decide who it belongs to." Since the quilt is nearly 20 years old than Rick, he may be waiting a while. I think they just like to annoy one another.
Mom also made us matching pillowcases made with the red fabric she used on the border.

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