sewbeit58

My mother passed away in December and going through her things I found my great grandmother's carriage robe. It is a baby size quilt. Crazy quilted with wools and clothing fabric. All the stitches done by hand. She was 96 when she died in 1963 so it has to be 143 years old. I am glad that there was a note pinned to it saying what it was.

maryb119

I would make a label telling the story and stitch it on the back. the history of so many quilts is lost when there is no label to tell about it.

maryb119

I have two quilts made by my great grandmothers mother. Ggma and her sister were very close and the sister had no children so when she passed away she had my grandfather in charge of the estate. He gave me her hand made cedar chest and inside were "two old blankets that I could let the kids finsh wearing out." I took them out and refolded them and put them back in the cedar chest (which is a beautiful piece of furniture that I treasure). About 20 years later, the city library had a guest speaker who was talking about old quilts so I put them in a grocery bag and took them in for her to look at. I carried them home as if they were made of glass. One is dated circa 1860 to 1870 with the newest fabric in it being an 1876 print put out just for the United States Centenial. The other was dated circa 1920. Both were made by the same person.....my ggg grandma, who was 1/2 Cherokee. Quilts are full of history. These old quilts we ae talking about, are the real works of art because so many of them are made with a newspaper pattern and cut out with scissors. The makers were very skilled for them to look so good and all done by hand.

JoanneS

I have one quilt from each of my grandmothers and one from my DH's maternal grandmother. My Mom's mom used unwashed sheep's wool as batting, men's flannel & wool shirt's & trousers for the patches. This is probably one of many utility quilts she made. They raised sheep on the farm they homesteaded in SD. My mom was born in a sod house in 1913. She was the oldest of 5 ~ and the 2nd was also born in the soddy. Then they built the 'real' house. Sadly, the only pictures of the soddy are of a corner and of a window ~ both with my mom as a baby in front of them.

JoanneS

I have NEVER seen a quilt like 'Mabel's Quilt.' It's absolutely beautiful. My husband spotted it from across the room and said 'I like that!'

Was your husband's grandma Mabel? I suspect that she designed this herself. There are so many unique things about it - the trailing ivy from the central basket - the inidvidual flowers in the outer border, the W I D E scallops - the twisted ribbon frame. I'm not usually drawn to applique quilts, but this one is VERY SPECIAL.

I can't believe he had his tools wrapped in it. Thank goodness they didn't ruin it!

suzeq

Mom and my Grandmother got together with scraps of my "homemade" clothes and made five quilts for us when we got married. Today they would only fit a twin bed nicely. I've been married 51 years and through three children, I only have a piece of one and another one that is "lovingly used". My Mother in Law did not give gifts for special occasions. However, every year at some time or other she gave each of her children (5) a quilt, king size, before king size was heard of as all the family are large people. I have the two she gave us when we married. They are still performing well. One rides in our van all the time. Silvia

Pigzrule219

I have 12 squares that my great great grandmother sewed. They are roughly 12 inches with some pieces as small as my little finger nail. All hand sewn. These are well over 100 years old. Not sure what to do with them. My mom told me I should bring the old to the new and finish it with the sewing machine.
I also have 2 quilt tops that my MIL hand sewn when she was a very young girl. One is a Sunbonnet Sue.I'm not sure what the name of the other is but it looks like houses, possibly a school house. They are roughly 70 years old. When I told my DH I should finish them he thought they should be framed. I explained to him they are at least queen/king size and we don't have a wall big enough or the money to buy a frame that big. LOL Maybe I will surprise him. Finish one for Christmas and give it to him. My MIL passed away in 2003.
I will dig all of these out of my cedar chest and post picture's soon. I'm sure all of you great quilters out there can give me some ideas as to what to do with them.

lovequilting2

I have a quilt my Grandmother made in the 30's or 40's. It has lots of feedsacks in it. It hangs above my bed as my headboard. I also have one of hers that I finished. All I need to do now is to quilt it.

Glenn

I have a quilt from my Great Grandma, she made it when she was 70. My grandfather died when he was 90 and my mother lived to be 80. My great Grandma died well before I was born so we figure the quilt is about 80 years old. Iam 63. I have posted pic of the quilt just go to my profile and hit list and you will find it. It is a red work album quilt depicting the history of the US. Glenn

buckeyed

We have the quilt that my husband's grandmother pieced by hand when she was 95. It was the last quilt top she did although she lived to 2weeks shy of 10. Also have one his Mom quilted when she was in her middle 80's. Talk about treasures of the heart!!