When my mom passed away last year I inherited most of what was in her sewing room, including over 100 different blocks. She so loved the blocks she made for her quilt guild that she made two of each, one to turn in and one to keep for herself. When I am missing her, I like to get them all out and look them over. Maybe you would like to see them too.

Here's a few more.

I love them all - what a great collection she left you.

That is a very special collection, and legacy. Will you make quilts from them some day, or just leave them as blocks? Thanks for sharing those.

Awwhh what lovely keepsakes....I was thinking the same as Karla, will you just keep them or make them into quilts, what was your Mom going to do with them??

Your mom was so talented. I'm sure she is thrilled you treasure her beloved blocks. What a wonderful way to remember your mom.

It's so wonderful that you have those. Have you ever considered putting them together in a quilt? You could embroider things she used to say on it and then you could wrap yourself in memories.

Of course the best part is that it's all up to you, and whatever you do with the blocks will be exactly right, even if it means you put them away again.

i'd find a way to have them always on display. if not in a quilt ... maybe framed and scattered on walls throughout the house.

They are lovely as I'm sure your Mom was. I miss my Mom all the time still. Its great that you have those to treasure. They are all works of art.

That is really neat that you want to share a memory of you mom with us. That tells me how much you love her and how special, to you, her quilting was. Thank you so much for sharing. I only hope to do half as much as she has.

They are beautiful, you should make a quilt for yourself and when you are missing her the most you can rap the quilt around you and it would be like your mom is hugging you.

What a legacy she left you. Wow. Those are beautiful.

They are very pretty. Are you going to make a quilt from them?

When I lost my Momma, my eyes just leeked. They never gave me warning.. My grief was more that I could understand.

It would be such a comfort to have something that she held in her hand, made of her own work..

What a wonderful treasure !!

Ellen

Those are beautiful!
That is such a wondeful thing you have there.
I would frame them so I could see them on a daily bases.

Chairjogger,,,I'm right there with you. Same thing happened to me when I lost my mom too.

Those are beautiful blocks and what a great memory of her. I agree with several others about making a quilt to wrap up in when you need a hug from mom

What a wonderful remembrance of your Mother, things she made with her own hands.

My Beloved Mother has been gone for over 30 years & I still miss her deeply. The thing about Mothers is that they are /were so very special, we are / were only given just one to treasure!

Thank you for sharing this wonderful part of yours!

Riley

What beautiful blocks. You have a wonderful memory quilt. :)

I'm so sorry about your Mom. She did beautiful work. My Mom has been gone for over three years now and the last thing she made me was a cable kint ponchoe.

I think you should try and get ahold of the guild find out when the blocks were made embroder the date on them and put them into a quilt so that you can always feel close to mom. And she did a wonderful job on them also. Thanks for sharing.

WOW what fabulous work she did!!! Do you think you may put them into a quilt one day?? It would make a wonderful memory quilt... "Memories of Mom" :)

What a special treasure you have! Your mom was so talented and it is wonderful that she left you something physical to hold in your hands when you are missing her. It must make you feel so close to her when you get them out and look at them.

I would frame them behind glass , with a card or label with info.......an heirloom to hand down and last forever. Did mom make the quilt in the first picture?

Wow! what a treasure. I too lost my mom last yr. Sure wish she quilted

Thanks for sharing.....Great collection and recollection.... :D

what a gift from your mother...I know you will treasure them forever.

I am glad you all enjoyed seeing them, I always do. No, Ruth, the first picture is not a quilt, just a little over half of her blocks all spread out over my bed. All my siblings and myself, as well as many other relatives and friends, have a quilt or two or three that Mom made especially for us. She did beautiful work, and it is a great memory and comfort to have them. I wonder what to do with all of these blocks, there are far too many to frame and hang. Some of them could be put together into wall hangings and tablerunners, but there would still be many left. I am trying to decide if I could put them into some sort of scrapbook, something easily accessible that would minimize wear and tear form handling. Mom never intended to do anything with these, she just enjoyed making something pretty.

Oh how Beatifull and Wonderful. My mom has imbroidery that I am going to block and us one day. She lives with me now. It is a wonderful thing to be able to do as you do. Bill'sBonBon

Same here, no one can replace our Moms. Yours certainly was talented and what a wonderful gift that has been left for you. Enjoy it, I would be caressing them all the time. It is like something with her handwriting, priceless.

Those are beautiful blocks. I especially like the first one. I like all the colors she picked and she made such beautiful blocks.

Was she planning on quilting them all in a sampler?

You are such a luck daughter to have these from your mother, so much love went into these blocks, it would be wonderful if you could use them in a quilt or wallhanging. I lost my mother a few years back and each of my two sisters and I each have a quilt that mother made, my mother never new about making quilts until the year my father passed away and I sent her some blocks and the sashings and corner stones and called her on the phone and told her how to put them together, that was her first quilt she made. Then she was hooked and made a few more until she could not see very well any more. It was a way to help my mother to go through her griving of the loss of dad.

One of these days I will put a picture of the first quilt my mother made, from them blocks that I had sent as I am the one that got the quilt.

Thanks for sharing your blocks that your mother made.

Clara

What a beautiful collection of blocks she left for you. You must feel really special to have those.

When I saw the collection from your mom, the pansy made me think of my mom. She loved pansies.
When mom died, one of my sisters made lap quilts for each of us children ( nine surving out of ten). That was a way for us to have an extra treasure from mom.
Your mom left you a treasure of gold. She left you her legacy. :thumbup:

oops sorry, mom left a lot of squares like your mom and some more than one of each of things she was going to finish and didn't have time

since you like looking at the blocks from time to time,I would concider putting them in a photo album. they would stay in good condition,because of the acid free paper. That would make a nice memory book.

The thought of embroidering some of your mom's quotes on sashings between her quilt blocks is a neat one. My mom has been gone since 1999, and one of my sisters (also a quilter) has taken a notebook and writes down "momisms" - things Mom used to say frequently as we were growing up.

Your mom's legacy to you is beautiful! Whatever you do with them - keep them as block or make into a quilt - they are priceless!