Cybrarian

I have a quilt top my grandma was working on, I cry every time I get it out. Have to stop that so I can finish it! One suggestion: if your grandmother wrote the names of the blocks have the embroiderer use this for the pattern. That way you will always see her handwriting on your quilt. It'll be a wave from her every time you look at it. Have to stop now, crying again...

FranW

What a wonderful Christmas gift and such beautiful memories. God Bless You!

amalia64

Thank You for sharing, best Christmas gift ever.

AnnieH

Where are my tissues?

tgreen130

Thanks for sharing your gift. I had to wait to respond because I couldn't see through my tears. I miss my grandmas too. They are such treasures. She would be happy if you finished the quilt for sure.

doowopddbop

What a treasure!! I am tearing up myself, thinking about mothers and grandmothers. My mother was just starting her first pieced quilt when she passed away in 1999, a log cabin. So essentially, she got me started quilting, because I took it home and finished it to give to my Dad for Christmas that year. I have been hooked ever since. My grandmother did whole cloth tricot wedding quilts, and my great-grandmother was Relief Society charity quilt coordinator for over 50 years in Star Valley, Wyoming. Everyone in town would bring her scraps which she would cut apart, piece, and distribute to various groups to hand quilt. Only a few of her treasures are still in the family. I have one template of hers. Those women would have LOVED the modern gadgets; rotary cutters, embroidery machines, longarm quilting machines. I can sometimes sense them looking over my shoulder...

QuickStitch

What an awesome story. I had a grandmother like that also, and its awesome that your mother was able to give all that to you. You are truly blessed, and you will always have your memories and your quilts. :thumbup: :thumbup:

Glenda Kay

Now I'm boohooing because I miss my grandmother who pretty much raised me & passed away several years ago but I still think of her every day. What a wonderful gift...even if you needed the box of kleenex. Hugs!

pheasantduster

Please save your initial thread about this wonderful Christmas gift and tuck it in with all the treasures. Someone will love to read it when your the 'grandmother'
A quilt always represents love. Many happy hours of quilting to you.

pjaco

That's a beautiful gift. I lost my Mother 3 yrs ago and still have a lot of her sewing things. I have a cabinet with lots of thread, not the kind of nice thread today, a mix of all kinds. I don't think all the thought went into choices of threads like today, of course sewing machines cost a lot more. That's for sure. Not too sure what to do with all the thread, have been using it in the bobbin. Don't know how her things managed to stay together all these years.