Quilt of Contradiction

Here is the final quilt unearthed from my cedar chest and it is a study in contradiction:

Probably, I shouldn’t even be blogging this quilt because its top is one of those pre-printed cheater types which a non-quilter like me is reduced to using.  It happened quite a few years ago when my turn came around to serve lunch at a Ladies Aid meeting at our church.  Back then, the Ladies Aid still had a quilting group and the big perk of being the lunch-server was that you were allowed to have your quilt moved to the head of the waiting list and quilted free of charge.  You had to, of course, actually have a quilt top pieced and ready to be quilted, which I naturally did not have.  Therefore, I made a mad dash to a fabric store to buy a pre-printed quilt top and the batting and backing and quilting thread to go with it.  Then, sheepishly, I handed it all over to the skillful, talented quilting ladies in the church basement on the day I served lunch.  That explains why it is a quilt of contradiction, proudly boasting authentic handmade stitches holding the layers together, while the top, though lovely in design and color, is an illusion and a fraud.