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    Old 08-14-2011, 02:57 PM
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    Ditto...finish the quilt
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    Old 08-14-2011, 03:03 PM
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    Originally Posted by TanyaL
    Who has the quilt? How worried will your mother be is you start working on it? IF she will be very worried is it worth it? Was this a very special quilt to your grandmother or just the latest one that she happened to be making? I think your priorities lie with your living mother not your dead grandmother. Think about it.
    Sorry Tanya but if we only ever did what our mothers wanted, just think of where you would be right now. as we become adults our priorities lie within ourselves not our mothers wishes. We do what makes us happy. Would you only marry a person your mother wanted or the person you love?
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    Old 08-14-2011, 03:13 PM
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    Finish it!
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    Old 08-14-2011, 03:15 PM
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    Dear UBE Quilting, the question was - from another quilter- what would her dead grandmother have wanted as compared to what her living mother was afraid of. We all make decisions on our own priorities. Perhaps some of our priorities are to honor our living mothers at least some of the time.
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    Old 08-14-2011, 03:19 PM
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    Originally Posted by OneMoreQuilt
    Welcome from Illinois! Your GG would probably love for her work to be finished and it will give you great joy to have a piece that the two of you made!
    You are absolutely right. I plan to finish it someday, but for now, I have enough to do.
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    Old 08-14-2011, 03:23 PM
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    Originally Posted by lfw045
    Finish it...your grandmother will smile down on you for doing it!
    I never had the privledge of meeting her, but it still means alot to me to have a family heirloom. It also tells me that I have a heritage of quilting in my family and I'd better get busy if I want to pass that heritage to future generations.
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    Old 08-14-2011, 03:25 PM
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    Originally Posted by OneMoreQuilt
    Welcome from Illinois! Your GG would probably love for her work to be finished and it will give you great joy to have a piece that the two of you made!
    Thanks for the welcome, OMQ! Yes, it would mean alot to me. I'm hoping that my DDs will put in a few stitches, too, making it a multigenerational quilt.
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    Old 08-14-2011, 03:27 PM
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    Originally Posted by yonnikka
    She died doing what she loved, yes? The key to life is being able to complete our life's work, happily. And knowing that what we put our hand to was appreciatd. Those qualities and attributes probably made the tempo of your Great Grandmother's life. Do you have any old letters or diaries that would back up the notion that she would want her SBS to be completed? You could start the "conversation" by framing one Sue, making an exquisite wall decoration piece, and win favor from your other relatives... let the persuasion begin!
    What a great idea, framing a square. I wonder if mom would be OK with that? Thanks for the encouragement.
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    Old 08-14-2011, 03:28 PM
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    Originally Posted by leatheflea
    If there are no green fumes billowing from the seams, or acid dripping from the stitches I think you might be safe to finish the quilt. However should you start hearing someone tell you to get out of the house I'd reconsider.
    LOL.
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    Old 08-14-2011, 03:33 PM
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    I would finish it. I'm not sure finishing your Great Grandmother's quilt would be dishonoring your Mother, sounds wierd to me. Your Mother has superstitions, doesn't mean you have to have them.
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