The best place to be on a hot day is in my basement working on a quilt.
After arranging and rearranging the photo drafts printed on paper, I finally found a layout I liked. I have also decided to add some Celtic embroidery designs.
I was taught to tape the backing material on the kitchen floor; it gets an extra good cleaning that day. The tape helps to keep the backing from shifting while basting.
Next, I added the batting. Then the top and basted all three layers together.
Colleen didn't request it, but I decided to include pictures of our Great Great Grandparents who immigrated from Ireland. I hung it on my design board for a couple of days while I pondered how I would embellish it.
Today is Colleen's birthday and it is finished just in time. The lace I added on the upper left hand area was hand made probably by our Grandmother or Great Grandmother. My mother remembers it on a curtain that hung in her house. The cross was made in Ireland, a souvenior Colleen brought home from her trip.
Here is a picture from the Badlands. I can't even begin to imagine what the pioneers thought when they tried to cross this area in a covered wagon.
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