MY FAVORITE QUILT

I think I am considered a prolific, dedicated quiltmaker.    The numbers if anyone cares -- over the years since 1951, I have documented and photographed 208 quilts, including 31 made in 2022 alone.  Of the un-documented items there are several more quilts gone as gifts and with the ravages of time.  All this is said to explain that I am, however,  a 'process' not a 'product' quilter.  It is the creative and mathematical PROCESS I'm interested in and not the end result.  Once they are completed and photographed, I rarely touch them again.  My mind, for some reason, is wired by some geometrist's love of shapes and how they interact; and that is why I have quilted for 70+ years.

I'm often asked if I have a favorite quilt that I have made.  The answer may be a surprise.  Since the stored quilts are rarely used, the one I grab when I'm cold (the obvious normal reason for making a quilt) and therefore my favorite is this unnamed and totally unexciting one.

It's simple and made of wool lined in flannel for warmth and totally made by machine. It also appeals to my frugal nature made of thrifted wool, washed and felted, and is lap-sized.  It will be the one quilt that goes to the nursing home with me when the time comes.  The rest of those surviving quilts; all of those time-consuming, intricate, with hand-work quilts will be up to the discretion of my family to disperse.

I'm keeping this one.  

And, that is my story!!!