Originally Posted by roselady
My brother in law has a quilt that his grandmother made for him as a baby, it was very well used and mostly in shreds. He wanted to save some part of it because of the sweet memories he has of it. I took it and cut out a large heart shape and am blanket stitching around it to applique it onto a background- about 18"x24"-then will embroider a verse pertaining to gradmothers, around the heart shaped quilt. I also want to add a picture of he and his grandmother and either frame them together or make a shadow box for it. One more idea.
This is perfect timing. I pulled the two quilts that I have that were my grandmothers out this weekend. I wanted to do something with other than have in cedar chest. I have see through coffee and end tables I am trying to work something out. then I remembered the quilt my granny made for my son. It is a beautiful crib size quilt well used I so much more appreciate the hand quilting now that i have taken up quilting. I have it laying over the twin bed in my spare bed room now but I love your idea.