that until she passed away in 1995, and now i have the quilt. i would guess that this quilt is at least 50 years old. think of the amount of time that it took to hand pieced all of these hexagons. it is also beautifully hand quilted.
i don't know if you can see in the above photo, but take a look at the close up of the block below. the brown fabric in the first round of this block was made from something other than 100% cotton. i'm not sure what the fabric is....maybe polyester or a blend. you can see the beautiful hand quilting on this quilt.
there are two 