Published as part of the Weekly Photo Challenge
Before the week is up, I’d like to publish a photo of my quilt. Why?
When I graduated from University, my grandmother gave this quilt as a gift, but it’s a special type of quilt. Not only my grandmother made it, but it has a piece of clothe from most members of the family. Parts of my great-grandmother’s dress, of the dress my aunt left maternity with my cousin, a pocket from my uncle’s first pair of pants, my mom’s dress when she was 15 years old… well, you get where this is going.
It’s more than just a quilt… it is a quilt that my grandmother made that tells the history of our family! Pretty neat, isn’t it?
What a lovely item.
Hopefully it will last for generations!! Thank you for the comment!
beautiful and so special
I have seen many quilts, beautiful and intricate, but to also have the keepsakes and memories it stirs is priceless.
I had to draw a little map to make sure that I can remember exactly which quadrant holds which piece. There are 79 members portraid in it, including my grandma’s great-granddad…
Thank you for the lovely comment!
What a clever and great idea to have the map. You must make sure that someone knows about the map so all the family lore is not lost in the future.
It IS more than “just a quilt”! What a wonderful gift 🙂
Yeah! It is! Hopefully it will become one of those things to keep forever… I feel a bit iffy to use it, so it doesnt get dirty and I dont have to wash it… from time to time, I hang it outside…… difgicult to know what to do!