A Cat and Three Quilts

Lilac Lane Patterns had me as a guest blogger today about my quilts. (Here’s the story below, but go to their website to see all the photos of the quilts I talk about.)

What’s on my bed? Gray Cat, my 10 year old male cat that sleeps on my bed most of the day.

Oh, but what’s UNDER Gray Cat? A washable comforter…

What would I like to have on my bed besides gray cat hair? My antique quilts that my ancestors made—and I have twenty-seven to choose from…

And each quilt makes the bed, and room, look totally different.

Today I’ll show you some of my great grandmother, Kizzie Pieratt’s quilts, and next Friday I’ll show you some of my grandmother, Irene Pieratt Akers’ quilts.

Kizzie raised eight children, was the main farmer in the family, and quilted other people’s quilt tops for additional income. Most of the quilts I have of hers were made to be functional, and used on our own family’s beds when I was growing up in the 1950s.

She made enough quilt blocks for more than one quilt at a time, and then used different material for between the blocks and the backing. For example I have two Pinwheel quilts, one with a blue backing, and the other with a pink one.

Most often the heavy quilts were tied, like this wool tied Fan design, instead of quilted.

But, I have a few wonderful quilts that she stitched tens of thousands of stitches in that material too.

The bright yellow Log Cabin Star quilt was made from feed sacks. That was a lot of chicken feed to get that many sacks of yellow material.

It’s fun to reminisce about these quilts and the woman that made them. In fact, I’m working on a book about Kizzie and her quilts now titled The Kansas Quilter.

To learn more about this book, and my ten other books about pioneer women that homesteaded on the Kansas prairie, please visit my website at http://LindaHubalek.com.

And please check back to this blog site next week to see even more antique quilts on my bed.

Tags: lilac lane, linda hubalek, melissa stramel, quilts, the Kansas Quilter

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Comment by Linda Hubalek on February 18, 2013 at 7:26pm: Hi, Yes all my books are available for your Kindle. Just put "Linda K Hubalek" in for the Kindle search and my 10 books should pop up.

Gray Cat loves our bed, unless there is sunshine on the carpet in front of the bed...he tends to follow the sun. :)

Thanks for the note. Linda

Comment by Lagates on February 17, 2013 at 5:36am: I really enjoyed your column and skipped over to your website. I read some info about your books and am know thinking of ordering one. Ate they available for the Kimdle? One of my cats hangs out on our bed all day. I'm a little leery about putting a quilt on the bed, but I like to remember who made it and why. Mine are not antique but just sentimental. Thanks for sharing.

Comment by Pam/NY on February 15, 2013 at 5:31pm: Always look forward to your posts. The quilts sure do tell a story of their own. Thanks for sharing...they are beautiful and so is your buddy!

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