Of the many quilts she has created, Ginnie Christopherson admits her latest is among the top two favorites.
The ancestral quilt, compiling 42 individual squares, showcases members of Christopherson’s family all the way back to the 1700s.
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Of the many quilts she has created, Ginnie Christopherson admits her latest is among the top two favorites.
The ancestral quilt, compiling 42 individual squares, showcases members of Christopherson’s family all the way back to the 1700s.
It’s a work of art that has taken quite a bit of time to assemble.
“I’ve always wanted to make a crazy quilt and I decided it was time I should. I thought about making one with family pictures on it to make it unique,” Christopherson said. “It’s been a very long time in the making.”
The crazy quilt Christopherson refers to is a patchwork-type quilt with varying sizes, colors, shapes and fabrics. Other types include pieced quilts, appliqued quilts and art quilts.
Christopherson said it has literally taken years gathering all of the pictures and stories that she could reproduce onto the quilt, which she has done through another hobby — genealogy. The time-staking process also involved copying tintype photos.
It’s no wonder her other favorite quilt, one she calls “Family Tree,” also stems from her love of genealogy.