Applique Butterfly Quilt

The iron bed also came from the attic of the farmhouse my husband grew up in. Wedding photos of Clabe and Leora Wilson are in oval frames on the corner. Grandma Ruby Neal crocheted the red doily under the ginger jar lamp. I made the small pillow, with GRANDMOTHER crocheting on it.

This quilt came from the attic of the house my husband Guy grew up in. His mother couldn’t remember whether her mother made it or her mother-in-law. I have a note that a sister of Guy’s Grandma Rosie Coleman Kidney made these butterfly quilts outlined with black buttonhole stitching, so this may have been made by Grandma Rosie.

Glidden, Iowa. 76″ x 84″

A closeup of the buttonhole stitch around one of the butterflies