Q is for the Quilting Queen

Thea with a wall hanging

This can be no other than my little sister, Thea.  I’m not sure how she became so good at quilting or why she even took it up in the first place, but maybe it’s because of the cold long winters in upstate New York.  You’d need something to while away all the days.  After she married her second husband and moved there thirty years ago there was probably nothing else one could do in the winter to make it pass by quicker.

 A quilt Thea made for our mother

 

We all have quilts made by Thea.  These are treasures and made with such detail and precision.  She puts all our projects in this department to shame.  And dare I say her quilts are all made by hand without the use of a sewing machine.  What a task!  I think my fingers would be falling off.

Not only does my sister make beautiful quilts but she’s made wall hangings and stuffed dolls and animals.

Quilts for great nieces

Now they have about nine months of winter where she lives just across the border from Canada.  I think she told me she made eight quilts one winter.  Some of these are king size so you can only imagine all the time and effort that goes into a project like that.  Do any of you have the time and patience for something like this?