This old Finnish quilt was made by Grandma Katainen on her treadle Singer in the '40s. After keeping everybody warm for 50-odd years, it ended up pretty threadbare. Finally enduring the Red River flood in Grand Forks in 1998, Edie salvaged it from the required discards, washed it a few times, took it completely apart, repaired each square even reproducing grandma's "mistakes", added new backing & stuffing, and it's ready for bed again.

Edie made this for her youngest, David, who is an avid hunter and taxidermist.

This is a new queen-size labor-of-love made from old neckties. Edie &Mom have over 100 hours in it, not counting stripping-out the ties. The little tags scattered in the field are the tie labels. It will be displayed on our office wall.

 

Isn't it hard to believe

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Thanks for stoppin' --lol!