My Dad's baby quilt

[David White]

I aired my Dad's baby quilt out today. It was made by my Nano ca. 1925.
I consider it a real piece of art and history. Its covered by little farm boys.



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[Mountainman]

Very nice, my grandmother makes quilts, a very special heirloom.

[Mr. MacDougall]

That is nice... I'm refering my momster, a quilter, to this URL. I think I'm one of the few people of my generation (or younger) who can say he grew up playing under a quilt frame.

[brandycr]

Im a quilter myself and thats just cute.Quilts when they are made good like that one can last forever or so it seems.I have one my great great grandmother made when my great grandma was a little girl and I hope to pass it to the next generation one day.Havent made one like that but its a thought......

[Mr. MacDougall]

My moms reminds me that the little guy on the squares is called "Overall Bill," or "Overall Sam," depending on to whom one speaks. He's the male counter-part of Sunbonnet Sue.

She agrees that you have a fine heirloom there, a quilt to be proud of.

[David White]

My moms reminds me that the little guy on the squares is called "Overall Bill," or "Overall Sam," depending on to whom one speaks. He's the male counter-part of Sunbonnet Sue.

She agrees that you have a fine heirloom there, a quilt to be proud of.

My Nano made a "Sunbonnet Sue" quilt for my Dad's older sister. My sister now has the quilt, I believe it was made ca.1918.

Thanks MacDougall for the names of the quilts!

[Mr. MacDougall]

My Nano made a "Sunbonnet Sue" quilt for my Dad's older sister. My sister now has the quilt, I believe it was made ca.1918.

That sounds beautiful, too. If you had pictures to post, I'm sure my mom would be interested.

[Weasel Mender]

I have still got the one my greatgrandmother made using my father and uncle's old PJs a few years ago when it got worn in a few places my patched it....... no sacrilige involved, she used pieces of oru daughters PJs

[David White]

Here are my son's quilts, made by their Mom, Grandmothers and Aunts.
Pic's somewhat washed out, its a very bright day.

[Mr. MacDougall]

Those are beautiful, Mr. White, and I hope that your sons recognize what a treasure they are. In this day of things being made by anonymous faces over the ocean, or even by machines, it is a rare and wonderful thing to have a work of functional art that you can point to with pride and say, "my relation made this just for me."

I suspect that's also one of the appeals of the kilt, though in most cases, it's not our relations that make them for us.