Improvisational piecing

This quilt is an improvisational pieced quilt which means that there is no set pattern that was followed, instead pieces of fabric were randomly sewed together that were pleasing to the eye of the quilter.  This quilt top came to me through my aunt.  My aunt's friend is an older lady and she had been ill and had this quilt top that she had started to piece by hand.  The lady knew that I quilted, so she gave it to my aunt to give to me because she didn't think that she would ever finish it.  When I received it, the hand sewing was not secure and it would have come apart in the first wash.  So, I decided to rip out all of the hand stitching and sewed everything again by machine.  I quilted it, put on the backing and the binding.  I kept her original fabrics for the top and I pieced the back from my personal stash.  I decided that I would re-gift the quilt to the lady so I gave it back to my aunt and my aunt gave it back to the lady.  Ironically, the lady's birthday was the next day and she said that this was the best birthday gift that she had ever received.  I am happy that she is enjoying her quilt and that I was a part of this journey.