I love quilts. Any shape, any size. The more colorful, the better. I love pieced quilts, appliqued quilts, Amish quilts...any quilt. I have a very small quilt collection but am on the lookout to expand it. I've even made a quilt. Yes, I...Jenny...have actually made a quilt. It was a small one but I made it myself. I do have lots of quilt books and would love to be able to sit down and make all the quilts I have earmarked, but I know that isn't possible. In my small collection two of my most prized quilts are ones that my mother gave me that were made by my grandmother. These are not pristine, prize winning quilts. Rather they are quilts made by a farmer's wife and well used on the farm by the family. There are worn spots in them but I don't mind. It adds to the character of these pieces of family history. This shot is a close up of one of those quilts. I just love the fabric with the little palm trees. These quilts were probably made during the 30's or 40's and it's facinating to see fabric like this being used in such a hard time. I'm glad that I have two of these quilts so I can pass one along to each of my daughters. I hope they cherish them as much as I do.

Settings: ISO 400, F 4.0, SS 1/8 (amazing that I handheld this and still got clarity in the shot), focal length 28mm. Unsharp mask and saturation boost in PSE5.