We are now all set to "get a-quilting."  The living room in the small turquoise-coloured house, had been noticeably cleared out and four kinda odd looking, painted light-green, wooden chairs sat waiting.  They seemed really low for sitting on and Grandma was soon to point out that Glenn, her husband, had done that to make them into "quilting" frame supports.  He'd sawed off about two inches from the legs - mmh, I wondered what that meant.  The chairs had spindles up their backsides with a back slat near the top and two large finials at the top.  Standing alongside, against the wall, were 4 long planks of wood about three inches wide which I was sure we were going to use, just wasn't sure how yet.

How I ended up loving and then making Tied-Quilt Blankets is because of a remarkable woman, Margaret Smith (originally named Marcella who ended up being known as Margaret - but that's another story), my husband's Grandma Smith.  Most of her life was spent being a very active community member of the very small town of Wardsville, Ontario, located in Southwest Middlesex, Ontario, Canada, roughly halfway between London and Chatham.  I noticed, the first time travelling there, that there were no road signs announcing the town, it just popped up on you all of a sudden as you crossed the town line upon arrival!