Too sell or not to sell....

Okay.....I recently got my crafts out of storage, guess what I found. A lovely queen size quilt that I made in 1997! I had forgotten about it. The dilemma, do I sell it? At the time I made it I lived in a mobile home. The mobile already had its own fashion as they most always do. It did not match this handmade blanket. Guess what? My new bedroom is wallpapered with tulips and window trim has corners with stenciled tulips....by me. Not too far off.

The navy background is made of a high quality linen, a rare find, it has the fluffiest batting between the layers and the back of the quilt is light blue cotton with the borders being of the same material. My,...torn between two quilts. We purchased a new embroidered quilt at a discount store, it is a beautiful wedding ring blanket and we love it. But,WOW! The one I made matches and,......it is vintage fabric made into the appliqued tulips. I hand embroidered the borders and the quilting between the tulips, not to mention I added the touch of lace on top of the flower baskets.

Alright, the real problem. The tulips are pass along (got from my sister) fabric from my grandmother more than twenty years ago. Nana had cut the baskets and flowers to be pot holders, the baskets were to hold the pot holders and more than likely it was to hang on a hook in her kitchen. I figured that was the project when I found the heat resistant layered fabric cut in the same tulip shape. It explains why every other row is alternating colors (front and back of potholders) on my quilt.

I think for now the beautiful tulips will be on the quilt rack, right along side the handmade quilt from my great grandmother. Too sell or not too sell....

That is the question. C&G Design.

P.S., while talking about flowers and tulips, visit my sister at tinaramsey.blogspot.com for infomation on the lady slipper. Thanks.