Grandma Ruby Neal sent this Double Wedding Ring Quilt quilt (77″ X 88″) for our First Anniversary when Guy was stationed at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, where we lived in a trailer court.
Grandma pieced it by hand, which isn’t easy because of the curved pieces and tight junctions. (I got to work on one years later, so I appreciated this one even more.) She and various relatives had hand-quilted it over several weeks. Made in her rural home, Dallas County, Iowa, 1977.
1985 – Part of the Historic Jordan House Quilt Show, West Des Moines, Iowa.
1991 – Stuart Care Center, when several of Grandma’s quilts were featured there.
Grandma Ruby (Blohm) Neal was known for her handwork: quilts, afghans, doilies, cross-stitched aprons, embroidery. Her own story about aprons.
All three of Dad’s sisters also quilted, may times with their mother. After she retired, Aunt Marian quilted for other people, $100 each as I remember. Marian’s daughter, Jacque, used to own Adel Quilting and Dry Goods in Adel, Iowa, also giving lessons and holding quilting retreats.