How old is your stash?
#44
My quilt stash began in 1995 (with first quilt). I still have cut squares from that first quilt. As far as my "garment stash" goes -- well I've still got a lot of double knits and pieces from garments I made for my children (who are now 46 and 42). I am slowly sending those pieces to those who can use them (charity sales,etc.) When I look at some of those pieces, I wonder what I had in mind when I purchased them. :roll:
#46
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Location: Suisun, CAlifornia
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My mother gave me her stash from the 40's about ten years ago. And prior to that when my grandmother died (1972) I got hers. She had grain sacks and feed sacks and a piece of silk from my aunts wedding dress from 1924! (Her wedding picture hangs on my dining room wall.) Also in her stuff was a UFO that she started in 1921. I think it's called Grandmother's Garden. It's tiny hexagons sewed together in flower shapes... and the fabric is in great condition!
And then, of course, there is my own stash dating back to my sewing as a teenager in the 50's and making clothes for my children in the mid 60's.
This may sound silly, but I have a Navy wool blanket that my father had while aboard ship in WWll. He was on the USS Dunlap that had just left Pearl Harbor
early in the morning on Dec. 7, 1941. I have made quilts for every one of his great grand children and put a snippet of that blanket inside each one of them.
My kids say I'm "corny".... but they do seem to treasure those quilts.
And then, of course, there is my own stash dating back to my sewing as a teenager in the 50's and making clothes for my children in the mid 60's.
This may sound silly, but I have a Navy wool blanket that my father had while aboard ship in WWll. He was on the USS Dunlap that had just left Pearl Harbor
early in the morning on Dec. 7, 1941. I have made quilts for every one of his great grand children and put a snippet of that blanket inside each one of them.
My kids say I'm "corny".... but they do seem to treasure those quilts.
#47
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: CO., USA
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I have about two yards of flannel that my mother made me pajamas out of when I was about 6 yo. So it would be over 50 years old.
It has a white background with red reindeers and red and blue like crosses on it. Sound familiar to anyone?
It has a white background with red reindeers and red and blue like crosses on it. Sound familiar to anyone?
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