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The granny and me quilt is very special indeed. My great granny was the quilter, she made them by hand. She had the most perfect stiches ever. When I was in the 3rd grade she went into a nursing home and all of her stuff put in my granny's attic. When granny passed, my uncle moved into the house. No one looked up there at all. When his wife passed 17 years later, his kids cleaned out the house and I moved in. No one looked in the attic. Until my daughter who is curious climbed up there. And there in a box that fell apart when you picked it up was TWO completed hand pieced tops, the 17 eight point star blocks, hand pieced, a package of hand crocheted doilies she had made, embroidered pillow cases, and some fabric. And... all of her quilt patterns she had collected out of the KC Star newspaper from 1920 to 1945. The blocks were wrapped in brown paper and twine that crumbled when I picked it up.
I called my oldest sister to see who they would belong to or go to based on them being great Granny's. Well, as it turns out, the will stated that My uncle got the house, but my mother was left all of the belongings in the house. I remembered when I was 19 and granny passed, they had taken everything (furniture and all) to my mom's house and then she had given us things. I didn't know what was specified in the will.
So, as it turned out, by line of succession, that stuff I found in the attic belonged to my mother, or one of her kids since she had also passed by then.... which is ME! No one else quilted or sewed or wanted it, my oldest sister as exec of the will, granted them to me! I got it all. I had the two tops quilted, and played with the blocks for years until, I decided what to do with them. I had only started my first quilt that year I was in the house. I did french knot blocks in an eight point star pattern.
And that is how the Granny and Me came to be.