My Mom's Last Quilt

In her last years, my Mother suffered macular degeneration, so her vision was severly limited.  She could still manage her 40-year old Bernina by feel and smell.  When I went to visit she had me take her shopping for fabrics and cut the strips.  Several months later on a visit she asked me to hand-quilt the lap quilt, and attach the binding.  This is a very special quilt, since it is the last one Mom completed.

You can see where my quilting obsession had it's roots.  One of my earliest childhood memories is playing with fabric scraps on the floor under my mother's sewing table!  I would use the scraps to make little dresses for my troll dolls and Barbies!