I remember my grandmother making crazy quilts for all of her kids and grandkids. They are very simple compared to today's definition of crazy quilt but mine is beautiful to me. Grandma finished mine the year she died, 1988 (I was 16). I love it and had it on my daughter's bed for a while. Grandma taught me some of her embroidery stitches while she was working on quilts for my cousins. I haven't practiced those stitches since then but it's very memorable. My mother also has a quilt that her grandmother made by hand. It's made of satin which I know wasn't the usual for that time period but I know that I'll inherit that someday. I remember that always being in the chest my mother had when I was a kid. There were also some handstitched nightgowns but we don't have those anymore. I sure do have a different perspective now than I did as a kid!