More than a century ago, a person we’ll never know gathered her sewing supplies, took out her scrap bag, and created the first unit of patchwork that would become Vera. We don’t know how long it took the first person who worked on this quilt to sew the first unit of patchwork, but after she had made 156 of them, she decided it had taken long enough. She added lovely strips of Double Pink between her rows and … stopped.  

We thought there was more to Vera’s story, so we took her on. Not only did she become a Foundry quilt, but she is also featured on Quiltfolk’s Finishing School, the workshop hosted by daughter-mother team Mary and Marianne Fons that is all about making new quilts from old tops and blocks. Vera’s journey started with a scrap bag—and now she’s on the internet. If every quilt tells a story, you’ve got to admit Vera’s is a pretty special one.