Quilt or Comforter?

So what is the difference between a quilt and a comforter?  I was told that if it is quilted it is a quilt.  If it is tied, it is a comforter.  This one is definately tied.  It is heavy and has a sheet on the back which is folded over on the edges.  Even though it has a lot of dark fabrics in it, I think the yellows and golds really brighten it up.  It measures 89" long and 77" wide.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Happy Thanksgiving, Everyone!

The turkey is in the oven and everything else will be ready soon too.  Now waiting for the family to come.  I don't know for sure who will be here but I know we will all have a good time.  There is so much to be thankful for in this household and the list keeps getting longer.  I wish for all of you a safe and blessed Thanksgiving!  Safe travels to you who are hitting the roads, planes, trains and automobiles!

Discarded Baby Quilt

Last Saturday I found this quilt at the same place I had found the magazines.  It has been washed several times but there are no stains on it and it has no holes or rips anywhere.  I liked it because it is still bright and well made.  It is machine quilted in the ditches and a wavy quilt line on the green outer edge.  This little quilt measures 36" x 46".

Quilter's Newsletter Magazine --- A Score

Today I went with my 2 daughters and their families to a Church Rummage Give Away!  You name it and it was there and the price was so right on everything.  I came home with a bag of Quilter's Newsletter Magazines from 1986 to 1991.  There has to be 30 of these magazines which I shared with the girls.  I found a couple patterns I have been searching for over the last few years, opened up the first magazine and there it was!

There were craft magazines and  books galore.  I was feeling a bit guilty for taking the pile but several of the ladies at the church commented that they have had these magazines in their last few rummage sales and Give Away's and no one ever takes them so they were slated for the trash bin.   I believe there are 30 of these magazines.  The girls were as excited as I was to see them.  Maybe my projects will become more interesting in the future!   

Denton Family Quilt

This quilt was made somewhere between the late 1940's and early 50's by my Mother-in-Law and her neighbor lady Hattie.  When my inlaws first married and moved to the farm, they were short on bedding and the neighbor lady came to the rescue.  This quilt is made of mostly corduroy but there is a good bit of curtain fabric and flannel which have worn away after all the washings and use.  After the family cleaned out the farm house last month following my Father-in-Law's death, this quilt was still there so I brought it home.  I like how it is a crazy quilt and shows how they used what they had on hand.  It is full bed size and very heavy.  The back is a heavy printed flannel.  I have always loved it since the first time I saw it on the bed there.  It is very worn but still has that charm to it. 

Tumbling Blocks

This tumbling block quilt is from Wisconsin.  It is 70" x 63".  The sides were cut off like they had been worn out but then whip stitched together again.  It has a cotton batting inside and the top is lined with a cotton fabric.  Other than the sides, it is in beautiful condition.  It has been ditch quilted.  There are 2 shades of pink, the green and  white cotton fabrics.  I think it is cheerful and I have wanted to try my hand at making a tumbling block quilt.

BUTTERFLY QUILT PATTERN 515 Laura Wheeler Designs

I am so excited with this find!  The pattern is quite brittle and I thought about pressing it flat but it is falling apart.  There are 73 finished butterfly blocks and enough pieces cut out but not put together for maybe another 30 blocks.  There are also a few finished half blocks and 1 finished quarter block.  This is a Laura Wheeler pattern probably one advertized in the newspaper or a magazine.  The box they were found in is an origional Laura Wheeler box that looks like a large shoe box that has a lable printed onto the end of the box with "HOME MADE" on the ends.  I do know where it came from and who put all these blocks together and about when.  The lady who made them was my husband's grandmother and I believe she made these between 1949-1950 as I know she became ill towards the end of 1950 and died before she could set the blocks together.  My father-in-law gave them to me.  He almost tossed them thinking they were no good anymore.
The butterflies are made of feed sack material.  Grandma would receive stacks of feed sacks from her sister who owned a Turkey Farm back then and she would save all the feed sacks and share them with her sisters. 

I need to soak these blocks and freshen them up.  Six have worn spots on the bottom edges of the blocks and I am trying to decide if I can use something to back them for strength.  I think I would love to finish this quilt.  I have only seen one other quilt this Grandma made, but am told that she made hundreds of quilts in her lifetime.