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#21
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Horse Country, FL
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I display the ones made by my grandmother and great-grandmother. They are too fragile for daily use now, although they were used on beds during my childhood until the fabric started wearing too thin to wash in a machine. They have been loved and I still want the memories. The ones I make are on beds, some are "draggers," and some are for charity.
#25
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Long Island
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use it. but then again, I have one my gm made over 55 yrs ago, used it for about 15 yrs. now it's in a closet with the first one my son made at 9 yo.
like loris, when I make one and give it away, I tell people to use it
like loris, when I make one and give it away, I tell people to use it
#26
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Chula Vista CA
Posts: 7,402
There is a "little" book with quotes about quilts and I don't have it handy to quote it perfectly but one was a girl wondering if her grandmother smiled while quilting it thinking about what she was going to be doing under it. I use mine and I hope the people I give them to use them. Only one I knew was put away until her daughter was old enough to take care of it. And that one was totally hand embroidered, then hand quilted. It was a twin size quilt.
#30
I couldn't agree more! I like to think all the quilts I send to new homes are just full of memories.
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