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General wedding and quilting and family history buff ping... ecurbh and I have found ourselves the recipient of several really neat quilts, and I decided to hang them on the walls of our bedroom. None of them match, but I think together, they look really neat and homey.

The neat family patchwork here is that they each have a neat story in themselves. The quilt above on the left hand side is made by ecurbh's grandma with scraps from clothes she and other family wore. And she noted what they were on the quilt.

On the other walls are other quilts.... Below, The blue and white star pattern quilt, my mom made... with fabric I bought her as present with the pattern. And the center one above is another one made by Bruce's grandma, and given to us as a wedding gift.

The green one on the right was another wedding present from my friend Kay.... and was a very big and very neat surprise. When we were going through my mom's things after she died, we found that quilt top, unfinished. I was pretty sure she didn't make it, my friend Kay said it was hand-made. We decided that my mom probably bought it at an antique store or garage sale, intending to finish it someday. I don't sew, so I gave it to Kay, who does.

She's had it now ten years, I had forgotten all about it. But she remembered, she researched it more, finished the quilt, and gave it back to us as a present.... in the corner of it on the back, she had a silkscreen done with the wording from our wedding invitation, and a note with it.