Update – Honey Bee Variation Quilt – 1948

Honey Bee Variation Quilt

Honey Bee Variation Detail

Honey Bee Variation Border Corner Detail

 

You might remember this quilt, that I posted in 2014. It was made in 1948 by my great grandmother, Rose Brown Tague. The traditional honey bee block, in pink and purple, alternates with snowball blocks with green corners. The original post can be accessed under “Family Antiques” in the right-hand column.

I recently found an old photo, taken of my grandmother, Mary Josephine Hamrick Tague, holding nine-day-old me, her first grandchild. Covering her chair is this new quilt, positively dating it to 1948. That’s my father’s writing; he probably took the photo.

It would be great if there were photos floating around showing some of the family’s other quilts. Wishful thinking. . . .

 

Update 3 – Ohio Stars

I abandoned the even feed foot for my machine’s 1/4 inch foot. The pieces are flatter now but still the points don’t all match. I think I’ll switch to hand piecing. The navy and yellow pieces are from Dad’s ties; white and red are other silks. Everything still interfaced.

Ohio Star block 6 x 6 on white background

Garden of Eden Quilt – ca. 1940s and 1990s

This quilt is a multi-generational effort. The traditional Garden of Eden blocks were left behind by my grandmother Stella Neill Bower and feature mainly 1930s dress fabrics.

Garden of Eden Block

My father Frank Bower designed a quilt using his mother’s blocks; it was sewn and hand quilted by my mother Joy Tague Bower in the 1990s.

Garden of Eden Full-Sized Quilt

My mother had never been a quilter but took on the task to please her husband.

Garden of Eden Corner Detail

The quilt now belongs to my nephew J. Bower.