Starry-eyed Grandma

Here she is--cheerful, sunny, pretty little quilt.  You might be tempted to envision a rosy-cheeked grandma knitting quietly on her front porch.  Or maybe setting out cookies and milk in her old fashioned kitchen.  Or picking posies out of her colorful flower garden.  Truth be told, though, this quilt is more like the crotchety grandma that would whack you on the shins with her cane.  

I have had a time with this quilt.  Most of the 252 star points involved quilting through some very thick seams which caused two broken needles plus a bent one.  I had to manually work the machine around the points.  The rest of the quilting went pretty smoothly, and I felt like I was on pretty good terms with her by the end.  Got the binding on and put her in the wash to get out the markings.

Now I have never before had an issue with getting pencil marks out of my quilts, but two go-arounds with Shout didn't even faze them.  So now I have to go over all the yellow squares and the border with an eraser to try to deal with the pencil marks.  And that won't get rid of them, just lighten them some.  I console myself with the thought that it makes it look a little more authentic since quilt marks in old quilts are not unusual.  


In spite of everything I do like this quilt, which surprised me.  The 1930's quilts are not my favorite, but when I look at this quilt the words that do come to mind are cheerful, sunny, and pretty.  Just don't be fooled!  She definitely has her ornery side.