Many of us remember our grandmothers making a quilt from scrap pieces of material, and after the blocks are sewn together, they either put it on an quilt rack, or get with other ladies for a "quilting bee" which gave the ladies time to gossip socialize, and also a chance for some to show off their fancy needlework, and pass it on to the younger ladies of the community. These ladies worked on their
quilts for several months to finish a hand-stitched needle work quality quilt. There are still some ladies that love to still do it the "old fashioned" way, and still turn out beautiful quilts. There are now several quilting programs on the television, several websites dedicated to quilting, and you can find 1-2 quilt clubs in any county. Many quilts made now are not made from scraps of material as in earlier times. Most quilts now are well planned out, and the material is purchased using color wheels. The only thing holding back the creativity is your imagination, so when the shapes are put together it looks like a piece of art. But with the hectic schedules some quilters have, with jobs, family time, they don't have the time to complete the intricate needle work needed to complete their quilt. Now with professional machine quilters as ourselves Prairie Fire quilters, using state-of-the-art, high precision machinery, those unfinished quilts can be completed in days rather than the several months it used to take. The needle work looks just as intricate as if done by a quilter who has hand-stitched for 50 years, with consistently high quality and at reasonable cost. Locally owned and opperated in Bennett, Colorado. Prairie Fire Quilting takes pride in the work they do, and the satisfaction and joy that is expressed when a customer is presented with the finished quilt.
