) Double Irish Chain – Black background with rose floral print and white – Queen – 1999
Beth Henry and Adam Jones wedding quilt.
Beth Henry, Geordie Jones, Tricia Hicks and my son John hung around together after school when they were in high school. They kept track of each other on holidays and summer vacation when they all went off to college in different cities. Still to this day they keep tabs on each other now that they have families and/or jobs that have taken them out of our Lakewood community. Its is good to see bonds of friendship last through the decades.
When Beth went to college in Durango she met the love of her life, Adam Jones. They married and are living happily every after raising their three little kids; Caleb, Zoey and Harmony. At the time they married black weddings and decorating with black was all the rage. Wedding parties had elegant bridesmaids in black gown framing the bride in white. I thought it would be interesting to make Beth a quilt for her wedding out of May Basket triangles of black background with small rose colored prints. I used white eyelet for the background to dress it up. It is always pleasurable to make a quilt for someone’s wedding as a special day of remembrance.
Fifteen years later in 2013, Beth mentioned that her quilt needed some repair. I have seen these before. The seems are usually wore and almost impossible to fix. I found a bag of scraps from when I made her quilt in 1998. When I went to her house to check out the damage I found that only the back had shown wear. Beth had removed most it. I took it home and ripped out the seems on the edge the held the remainder of the backing, clipped the few remaining hand ties and tossed the old batting and edges. It was amazing that the quilt top was in such good shape. I washed it and put it back together with new batting and a new sheet for the back. Beth and Adam were happy to have it back in tack again. Wishing them 15 more years.