Once she finally finished it, she packed it away until she had the space and time to turn it into a quilt. Unfortunately, she passed away before that could happen. When we were cleaning out her house my older brother almost threw the tote holding these squares away. It just happened to topple over, these 50 squares spilling out. I took them in the hope that, one day, I would be able to afford to have them made into a quilt.
My mother-in-law is incredibly talented in quilt making. I am crazy jealous of her skill. I left the squares and small amount of fabric with her. I hoped that if she ever had the time, and inclination, she'd put it together. Of course, Mary Maxim directions are sometimes a bit...incomplete. I didn't worry about the squares. I knew that even if she didn't work on them that they'd still be safe in her hands.
Then last September, she surprised me with this giant, completed quilt. It is huge! She worked so hard on this, using those incomplete directions, and turned it into something fantastic. The quilt is so big that she could not get it to work with her machine. She had to take it in to a quilt shop (and paid for it!) and have it professionally quilted on a big machine.
On the back, she added a red square that gives some info about the quilt. It has my mom's name as having made the squares, my mil's name as having put it all together, and the quilt shop name.
I was blown away by the amount of time and skill that she put into this quilt. I wish I could display it for the public to see. It is a beautiful feat made by multiple talented women and deserves a ton of recognition. It makes my heart happy to look at it.
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