Did any of you have a HOPE CHEST?
#91
Oh yes I had a "Hope Chest" started it when I was 15. Most family members knew about my hope chest and would add a gift to my birthday or Christmas gifts for my chest as well. Had items such as bed sheets, dinner set, glass set, mixing bowls, cutlery, tablecloths, tea towels, hand towels, various ornaments, napkin holders.
Gosh I had so much in my hope chest that I can't remember now what was exactly in it. I do however remember that when I got married we didn't have to worry about buying anything at all to set up house (other than furniture) and we really didn't need that initially either as we rented a furnished unit.
Can you tell my sole ambition in life was to marry and have children. :lol:
Gosh I had so much in my hope chest that I can't remember now what was exactly in it. I do however remember that when I got married we didn't have to worry about buying anything at all to set up house (other than furniture) and we really didn't need that initially either as we rented a furnished unit.
Can you tell my sole ambition in life was to marry and have children. :lol:
#92
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I had a hope chest and it was a very old steamer trunk that I found and my Mom helpedme clean it up and we painted it very pretty. I had pillow cases, dish towels and other things I had made.Mom gave me a set of stem ware glasses that she got from Lipton tea, I still have those glasses after50 years.
#93
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My hope chest started as an old box, but in high school I was able to take a girls' woodshop class. I made a huge solid cedar chest. I still have it and it holds a lot of stuff, but it sure takes up a lot of room. It now holds all of my old family treasurers.
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Location: Jacksonville, Florida
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Originally Posted by MadQuilter
Well, there really is no hope left for my chest. The girls are heading steadily South. lol
#99
My father made me a cedar chest for my 16th birthday in 1960. He always jokingly called it the "hopeless chest" because I was such a tomboy. I had a lot of handwork in it, some of which I still have today. Do you ladies remember the transfer patterns for pillow cases with the "His and Hers" and the "Mr and Mrs" :lol: :lol: . And of course, the days of the week embroidered on the tea towels.
Today my son has this chest at the foot of his bed with the quilts I've made for him neatly tucked into cotton pillowcases. He wasn't quite 5 when his grandfather passed away and doesn't remember much about him so he is glad he has a little family history around him.
Today my son has this chest at the foot of his bed with the quilts I've made for him neatly tucked into cotton pillowcases. He wasn't quite 5 when his grandfather passed away and doesn't remember much about him so he is glad he has a little family history around him.
#100
Yes, I did (and still do!) My husband made one for his first daughter and currently working on one for our daughter. When he finished it, I have asked him to make a less formal chest for our son.
Whenever I give high school graduation gifts, it tends to be a small cedar box, a "memory" box. Lane used to sell them, but they stopped about 20 years ago. Bummer.
Whenever I give high school graduation gifts, it tends to be a small cedar box, a "memory" box. Lane used to sell them, but they stopped about 20 years ago. Bummer.
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