Mrs. Kirksey's Quilttop

 Mrs. Kirksey and I have had a wonderful time stitching together.

She's made a very nice top

that now just needs some attention from yours-truly

in order to get it quilted.

It will have dark binding - 

the same fabric as the narrow inner boarder.

It has it's imperfections,

but overall, I quite like it.

The pattern was called "Rob Peter to Pay Paul" in a 1970s

McCall's quilting magazine,

but this is not what we know as that pattern.

With the help from a couple others, 

it appears to be more of a "Kansas Dugout" variation.

I don't think names of quilts were as important in the past

or it could have been a typo or over-site at the time.

The pattern was just for the center design,

but I can't leave well enough alone and added borders:-)

It will be a full/double size.

Soon Mrs. Kirksey will be wiped down and 

returned to her cupboard for a bit of a rest.

No rest for me though.

Instead of quilting on the quilt I showed here,

I decided to put a UFO in a hoop

and work on it.

I know - I'm the only one who has UFOs calling. :-)

It will be nice to get Gracie back in her spot

and to get the rest of the space back into 

some resemblance of order.

(Feel free to do that teen-ager eye roll thing at that comment.)

Also, I am working on a post in response

to my last post - 

specifically in regards to soaps and shampoo.

But. . . I wanted to share this with you

in the mean time.

Have a beautiful day all.