Such a nice story...good luck with it...looking forward to seeing the pictures.
I have a story about an old family quilt..not quite so nice. A woman my MIL grew up with ran into her at McDonalds one day after many many years. They change contact information then soon afterwards the woman comes to MIL's house and says, I bought a quilt off of your mother years and years ago (MIL's mother was dirt poor and most likely sold it to feed her family) So she GAVE my MIL the quilt...it was then shelved. While visiting my in laws my FIL (an angry drunk) caused a scene about something unimportant to this story and ended up offending my husband and I quite badly. In apology we were gifted this quilt....a beautiful quilt made with 1920's and 1930's fabrics. Excellent condition..no rips...no wear spots...no stains........it has since that day has been named....The Guilt Quilt....but whatever the case....sure am glad we were the ones to get it!!