I used to feel guilty about a cupboard full of pieced tops that were waiting to be quilted and bound. I quit feeling guilty when my daughter began planning her wedding. My mother went to her cupboard and brought out a quilt top that had been pieced by my Grandmother. I was in awe when my mother told me that she had at least 20 tops that had been left behind when my Grandmother passed.
Now almost twenty years later - each of my children and each of my siblings children have been the recipients of one of Great-Grandma Leavitt's wedding quilts. And it didn't end there. I have also been able to wrap some of my newborn grandchildren in one of these treasures. Yes - that means that 5 generations have felt her love!
Sadly, there are no more Great-Grandma Leavitt quilt tops left in the cupboard. But I have decided to start a new 'quilt top cupboard' of my own so my Great-Great-Grandchildren will be able to feel my love clear across the next 5 generations.