What a stunning Crazy quilt. The amount of work that went into it is absolutely amazing. Her hand stitching is very good. An amazing piece of art which will be around a hundred years from now and there will be women then talking about it.
There is no mention of it being started by her grandmother. It does include Grandmothers fans.
As far as the currency rate, as of today, $70,000 paid comes out to around $69,112 in US dollars not $69.00 as someone previously stated. By my calculations that is around $20.95 an hour. Its not so much about the money as it is about the healing that took place while she worked on it. Her marriage ended while working on it and she came to many realizations during this time.