Stitch Heritage
Posted in Arts and Crafts on 01/21/2010 02:57 pm by adminStitch Heritage
have we lost the heritage of our forefather?
my Grandmother always made quilts for us Grandkid.
she tried to have it done for our first birthday, different shades of blue & red for the boys, and pink & yellow for the girls.
she hand stitched every peace, with these tiny stitches, just like a sewing machine.
I had mine until it finally fell apart, and I always remember her each time I saw it.
my mother always made a remembrance blanket for her Grandkids. out of their their baby clothes.
my Son still has his.
My mother made “9-patch” queen-size quilts for all of her children and grandchildren over the years. All put together by hand and by a 100 year old pedal sewing machine (remember those?). She also made crib blankets, youth bed blankets, etc. For my son’s wedding, she made a wonderful story blanket – with hand stitched scenes from his life and from his wife’s life…and, between the quilt top and the warm baby’s wool blanket, she stitched in 10 $1.00 bills. Told them that no matter what, they would never be broke.
She also made long, full, beautiful flannel nightgowns over the years. They were usually Christmas or birthday presents. I LOVE mine. I’m 67 years old, Mother has been gone for 4 years….but everytime I snuggle down into one of those nightgowns, she’s so close I can almost hear her.
My grandmother tatted lace…doily’s, arm covers, etc. I have many of her beautiful doily’s as does my daughter and others in our family. As a little girl, I remember sitting beside her and watching her fingers fly when she was tatting. She could tat and hold a conversation, tell stories, etc. Remarkable.
While I don’t have the interest in quilting or tatting, knitting, crochet, etc….I LOVE to embroider. I try to complete 2 lovely pieces a year and give them to my kids for Christmas. This year, I’m making one for my 16 year old grandson…….
Such pleasure we get from our quilts…looking at them…remembering the cloth, remembering Mom working on them. I know, without a doubt, that when I am gone, my children will get the same pleasure from using them as I always have had.
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