I just finished requilting this pretty little thing that my hubby's mother quilted for her great granddaughter Aris,. Soooooooooo, it has been loved and handled by: Erbyl Wilson, (My mother-in-law that has passed), Cynthia Brown, (my daughter in law) Aris Brown, (my granddaughter) Judi Brown, (myself) and now on to Kinsley Christine Schwab, ( my great granddaughter). The fabric was so worn, that when Aris washed it to use for the baby, all of the quilting just disentigrated. She sent it to me, and I was able to discard the crystalized polyester batting, remove what few quilting stitches survived, I had to cut it down just a little because the shrinkage was awful, and I requilted it very tightly so that the loss of integrity in the fabric should now hold up/ I hope. Added a label honoring the 5 generations, and it will go back in the mail tomorrow. Turned out kind of cute, if it will just hold up.

This is such and adorable baby quilt !!

WOW awesome history!

that's fantastic

Heirloom for sure

What a treasure.

Great Save! What a wonderful quilt and quilt history:)

This darling quilt has a "provenance", I hope you have written it down somewhere for future generations to read. When this quilt makes it antique status, having a provenance will add to its value. It's a beautiful story.

Jan in VA

how awsome!! :O)

Wonderful story of the quilt. It is still very pretty & nicely quilted for the next user.

Great idea making the label like you did. The quilt is just darling!! Now it can be loved some more :-)

Cute quilt!! and quite special!!!!

That is awesome that it has been passed on through so many!

That is so cute!! You did a great job on repairing it.

That is a true labor of love. Beautiful family heirloom.

so pretty

that is just too cool

What a great heirloom!! You did a beautiful repair job :D:D:D

What a family history and a beautiful baby quilt.

What a lovely family heirloom. You did a great job. Thanks for sharing.

A keepsake to cherish for the next 5 generations!

Really cute!

Beautiful heirloom !

Such a great story..A beautiful quilt!!

Gorgeous!

WOW!! For both the quilt and the history. Absolutely awesome.

Love to hear about quilts that are literally loved to pieces. Aris must have truly loved the quilt to still have it and you have done a fabulous job restoring it. Are the animals appliqued or embroidered??
Thank you for sharing both the quilt and the history with us.

This is a beautiful quilt and a keepsake for sure.

That is awesome, 5 generations using this lovely well kept quilt! What a beautiful story!

Katesnanna The quilt is a wholecloth "cheater", and the fabric was just threadbare in some places. I hope I quilted it tight enough for it to hold together

that's fantastic

Such an adorable quilt. The colors are so pretty.

That is a darling quilt. What a treasure and it will have a label to tell of all the generations that have treasured it.

Such a treasure! I'm glad that you were able to fix it, and that the family is still using it.