Red, White and Blue!

Stopping at small antique store located along a country road near Wichita, Kansas, I spied a stack of quilt tops.  My friend, Jan, and I quickly ran walked over and sorted through the tops.  Getting more excited with each, we tried to keep calm and not draw attention to our found treasure, especially when we saw the price tags. What?!  You mean these gorgeous tops are only $20 each!! Un-believe-able!!  How many should we buy?  Maybe we should get them all! Now, just stop. That would be so selfish.

Realizing that we would need to get the tops quilted, in the end we each settled on two tops, leaving at least four or five behind.  Many times since, we have questioned our decision as we thought about the "deal"we passed up. Someone else was probably just waiting for us to walk away so they could scoop up the rest! How unselfish stupid of us!

My friend, Sherri Dolly, beautifully quilted this antique Ocean Waves top. There are so many different fabrics among the perfectly hand pieced triangles.  I wonder if the quilter cut up shirts and dresses to get enough red, white, and blues for the design.  Sprinkled though out are some green, tan, grey, black and even a few pinks.  The color placement seems a little random.....and antique modern quilt......I love it!


Happy Red, White and Blue Day!  Be safe.