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02-05-2008, 01:31 PM | #1 |
Mojo, LilyGrace & Me Donating Member Moderator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: cuddling with my babies<3
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| New quilts from my grandmother My grandmother is ALWAYS making something and these are her newest ones.... 100_0138s.jpg100_0137s.jpg
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02-05-2008, 01:33 PM | #2 |
Lovin' the Cali kisses! Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Lawrenceville, Georgia
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| WOW! Those are gorgeous! Tell her to send the next one to GA!
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02-05-2008, 01:45 PM | #4 |
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| Oh Jenn they are just beautiful. Wow your grandmother really does beautiful work. I had a grandmother who made patchwork quilts from scraps of material. I still have one that she made for my son's crib 47yrs ago! I have it wrapped in a cotton pillow case but dumb me as a young mother I used it for him and it was washed repeatedly. I never thought to just save it. Does she sell them? |
02-05-2008, 01:47 PM | #5 |
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| Ohhhh...the quilts are beautiful!!!! I love the butterfly one!!!!! My Grandmother is 89 and still quilts. I probably have 6 or 7 that she has made me. (she has made 100's over the years...everyone in my huge family has lots of her quilts) Thanks for sharing!!!!
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02-05-2008, 01:52 PM | #6 |
Mojo, LilyGrace & Me Donating Member Moderator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: cuddling with my babies<3
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| Yes, she sells them (occassionally, as she isn't able to do a whole lot)...I always get them too! (my daughter and I, that is). She has made quilts all of her life....all kinds of patterns, etc. I have a double wedding ring that she gave me for my wedding, but I used it and used it and it isn't looking very good right now. The others, we will occassionally use them for something, but they are normally stored. I have been looking for a tall old ladder (our living room walls are 26ft tall) and I am wanting to use it to display the quilts --- I have seen that done in an antique store and loved that idea! I can't even count how many quilts (and other handmade goodies) I have from her....but I love it...I always tell her...if you are able, I would rather have something made by you than store bought.
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02-05-2008, 01:58 PM | #7 |
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| Oh my daughter would be in 7th heaven. She wants a girly quilt soo bad. Those are cute. I love butterflies.
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02-05-2008, 02:46 PM | #8 |
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| Im so jealous! I love those quilts! I love to go to Trades Day or garage sales to find old quilt pieces so pillows can be made or wall hangings! If you ever have a quilt that you are going to piece -- let me know!!!!
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02-05-2008, 03:12 PM | #9 |
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02-05-2008, 03:52 PM | #10 |
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| they are gorgeous! |
02-05-2008, 06:36 PM | #11 |
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| Those quilts are GORGEOUS!!! You are so lucky to have them! My grandma made me the doll quilt when I was a little girl - some 50 years ago - and I still have it. That quilt is my first memory of my bed. I also have a small butterfly quilt that she made. She had pieced together about 12 blocks before she died but didn't finish it. My aunt took her butterfly pieces and made a small quilt out of them and I have it now too. I also have a crazy quilt comforter that is made mostly from material my mom used to make my clothes. I was in college before I owned a piece of store bought clothes. My grandma made a comforter out of the material scrapes after my mom made my clothes. It is so much fun to look at it and think about the clothes I wore as a young adolescent. I have about 10 different quilts that my grandma or my mom have made. They are so beautiful, I love them so much. Your quilts are precious. It is a dying art. Most quilts are machine stitched now. Our grandmothers stitched most of their quilts by hand. The women in my tiny little hometown still have a quilt set up at the community center and they quilt on it when they come in. When they finish one, someone else brings in another to be quilted. It is so cool! Thanks for the memories!!!
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02-05-2008, 06:49 PM | #12 |
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| those are beautiful.
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02-05-2008, 07:12 PM | #13 |
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| Those are beautiful. I remember as a young girl my grandmother and greatgrandmother with their quilting rack in front of a wood burning stove. I have about 7 or 8 of them. Of course, they aren't in good shape 'cause we used them when I was little, but I still have them. They are close to 60 years old now.
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02-05-2008, 08:41 PM | #14 | |
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Aren't those memories just the BEST! I remember those quilt racks too, set up in my grandma's and my aunt's living rooms. I also remember begging to quilt and occasionally they would let me quilt a little bit and then they would tease me that when grandma would put the quilt on the bed, that grandpa would get his toenail caught in my stitches because they were so BIG
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02-05-2008, 08:56 PM | #15 |
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| Wow, those are beautiful. My grandma (who has since passed) made me a blanket when I was little (it has dinosaurs in some of the squares ) and it has been through it! I love it! She was going to make me another one but never got around to it.
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