My mom’s friend is retiring and moving to another state. While packing up the house, she found her first and only unfinished quilt. It’s 40 years old, made with blue fabrics and a bed sheet for the backing. I was asked to finish it and so that’s exactly what I did. There were lots of errors with the piecing, center squares were made with broadcloth and rippling, seams not nesting properly, a stain on the bed sheet border. Worst part was that it was already half done with hand quilting and needed to be ripped out. I removed the backing, old thin polyester binding, rippling bed sheet border. The quilt would not lay flat but I couldn’t stop. Had to make the best of it. Made a scrappy backing and used those same fabrics for the border to tie everything together. Straight line machine quilted following the outside of the quilt blocks only and avoiding the center squares completed. Made a scrappy binding with excess backing and washed it yesterday. Mailing to her new home tomorrow. So happy with how it came out and that she will be able to see and use her first quilt now. It’s beautiful.