Trip Around the World
#24
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Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Upstate NY
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Lovely. Glad you were able to complete the quilt. I went back and looked again at the quilt tops you were given. Amazing the amount of work put into each one of them. Unfortunate that no one in the grandmother and morther's family is interested in trying to complete (or have completed) the tops. We are in a throw-away generation. I live with my granddaughter and grandson and I keep point out the items (furniture and jewelry) that came from their ancesters and how fortunate to have things from past generations. Not sure if they appreciate it now but hopefully they will in years to come. I know I didn't appreciate it when I was younger. Wish I had asked more questions about family heritage when my parents and grandparents wer still living.
#25
Lovely. Glad you were able to complete the quilt. I went back and looked again at the quilt tops you were given. Amazing the amount of work put into each one of them. Unfortunate that no one in the grandmother and morther's family is interested in trying to complete (or have completed) the tops. We are in a throw-away generation. I live with my granddaughter and grandson and I keep point out the items (furniture and jewelry) that came from their ancesters and how fortunate to have things from past generations. Not sure if they appreciate it now but hopefully they will in years to come. I know I didn't appreciate it when I was younger. Wish I had asked more questions about family heritage when my parents and grandparents wer still living.
You did a fabulous thing, rescuing and passing those treasured tops to those you know would appreciate them and the work someone put into them. So few things are truly handmade anymore.
#29
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Lowell, MA
Posts: 14,083
What a fantastic treasure you were given, and the Trip Around the World quilt with 2" squares is amazing. Imagine all the work that went into those quilts. At least she knew the quilts would be appreciated.
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