Memories of Christmas Past
Betsey Langford and Carolyn Nixon share the quilting heritage of cardboard templates, hand piecing, hand quilting, and hand binding. However, their quilting journeys began along different paths and times.From birth, Carolyn was surrounded by handmade quilts and their makings. A primitive quilting frame hung from the ceiling over her bed. Her earliest memories are filled with the clicking of needle against thimble and the rhythmic motion of her mother's hand, rocking back and forth as she stitched together quilt blocks.Betsey started quilting at the age of 18. Her Grandma Mary told stories and traded Sunday afternoon hand piecing lessons for Betsey's willingness to rotary-cut quilt pieces. Grandma Mary's lessons were of the old-fashioned sort; everything from the cutting to the quilting was done by hand.Betsey and Carolyn started designing patterns together while they were co-owners of Quilted Heart, a quilt shop in Bolivar, Missouri. This is their first book with Kansas City Star Quilts.