Originally Posted by
CarolynMT
An heirloom is just something that is valued and passed down for years through a family
the function, style, design, color, etc does not make it an heirloom.......
what you may term your "utility" quilt can very well end up an heirloom. And if you use said quilt often enough with your kids, they will want to keep it.....making it an heirloom.
THANK YOU! I hate when people think that "Heirloom" only means "I spent lots of money on this fabric and spent thousands of hours making it , so don't use it. Put it in the closet." I have a true "heirloom" quilt. Grandma used fabrics she had or was given. My star quilt has grandpa's dress shirt, my sister and mine sun dress fabric, grandma's dress fabric. Most of the star sections are pieced. I can go through the quilt and see fabrics from my life and remember where I was or what I did. I got the quilt when she passed as it was intended as a wedding gift. It was draped over my bedroom chair, and 10 years after I received it , it was on my bed on our wedding night. It was draped over our newborn babies crib for his first family picture. Later it held me as I cried when my divorce was final. The day I met my present husband, I again wrapped myself up to giggle about this new love. The evening he asked me to marry him, we sat on the front porch, wrapped in this quilt. I told him about my quilt, he said he would be honored if he could sleep under it. And on our wedding night we did. Is it made of fancy expensive fabric? Heck no, it is made of PRICELESS fabric. Make your quilt with what you have. Sew love into it and it IS an heirloom when it is used and loved back.