Margie's Quilt
When we all get together as family, eating is our primary pastime. If we’re not eating a meal, Margie and I are preparing the next one (or cleaning up, which also takes time).
The quilt above is entirely created by Jim’s mom Margie. It hangs in our dining room and she adds buttons to it every time she visits. We arranged the squares (she’s the artist but she made me do this time after time so I acquiesced) into a seasonal quilt. So, from upper left, clockwise, it’s winter, summer, fall, spring. We love having this family art in our home.
Margie put together this Civil War quilt below, originally by Jim’s great, great, great (don’t know how many greats) grandmother. It is painstakingly detailed and while Margie advocated its use as a tablecloth I knew it needed a place of honor. Now when the quilter got a bit forgetful in her later years she no longer used comforting pastels. See the out-of-place hexagons? One on the upper left and one on the right. That’s Jim and me being two peas out-of-the-pod and finally finding each other! At least that’s what we like to think.
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- Civil War Quilt
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- Margie’s Creation
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- Margie’s Quilt
Civil War Quilt[gallery
