"Ancient" UFO finished

Years ago, I began using some scraps from my own sewing (mostly scraps from garments and curtains made) and also scraps I inherited from my grandmother, including scraps from dresses she made for me) and set out to make a cathedral window quilt. This quilt represents my early efforts at quilting and though my grandmother's many quilts may have inspired my venture into quilting, it was my granddaughter who gave me the encouragement and idea for completion. That makes this a very special quilt to me, even though it's workmanship is quite crude.

I had dreams of making a full size quilt but family, work, school and life caused this to be put on hold. And so it was that I one day decided that that long, narrow partially completed strip would never be added onto and I took it apart, separating it into 2 halves. Putting the 2 halves back together, side by side, this time gave me a small quilt approx the 36" x 45" that I normally use for baby quilts. That gave me a size I was happy with but I was very unhappy with the way the points and corners of the windows came together. It yelled at me "Sloppy".

One day I had it out while my granddaughter was here and I expressed my disappointment with it. Little Lauren, who happened to be playing with contents of my button box, put a few on the quilt and said, "You could use these." And so it happened that I came to put a button at each intersection. That was fun to do and I'm pleased to have this little quilt finished. Definitely this quilt is for display only as it is quite heavy. Cathedral window quilts tend to be heavy due to the many folded layers of fabric in them and on top of that are all of those buttons - plastic, to metal, tiny to large. in a host of colors.

And so the long awaited finishing of this quilt is here and done. This little quilt will have a home in my sewing room, bringing a smile to my face and joy in my heart that it is finished at last".