I spent Friday and Saturday helping my mom clean for company that she has coming in a couple of weeks. While she was out checking on my kids and playing with them I came across an old cookie tin. I could tell something was in it so I opened it up to see what my mother had stashed away in it because I remember the tin from when I was a lot younger.
To my surprise this is what I found.
Look at all those little squares!
Look at the little Scottie dogs with balls on the dark blue. I wonder what the outfit looked like that was made from that fabric. I'm sure one of my uncles wore it.
These are tiny 2 inch square pieces of fabric hand sewn together by my Grandmother. This quilt is unfinished and I plan to finish it as a surprise for my mother for Christmas. I plan to keep the integrity of the quilt and continue hand sewing these little pieces together.
I never got to meet either of my Grandmother's. The one who sewed this beauty together passed away 2 weeks before I was born, so I value this piece of history in my heart wishing I knew where each piece of fabric came from. Was it from one of her aprons, or an old flour sack?
I don't think I have enough fabric to finish what is here so I will be scouring the goodwill store and craigslist to find pieces to finish this up.
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