So, Sharon B, from A Minute Ago said that what caught her eye in my blog is my restoration of my Grandmother’s Crazy Quilt. There’s quite a story behind all of that. My grandmother made it for her sister years ago…however, not nearly as long ago as I originally thought….when I first got it, I thought the quilt was very old, and with some further probing from my mother it’s more like about 50 years old (old, but not REALLY old).
My grandmother did it fairly late in life and so the entire quilt is done with one feather stitch (her eyesight was too bad for other stitches)….lots of very cool fabrics tho including my mother’s prom dress and some of my grandfather’s suits and ties (he died before I was born). The really sad part is all the silk had “shattered” a phenomenon that I guess is fairly common. Many silks had minerals salts (and by some reports metals) added to them that cause them to shatter. Anyway, since this quilt was so trashed, and not as old as I originally thought I decided to repair it and add to it. Make it a multi-generational project. My mother assures me that my grandmother would have approved! 🙂
So, here’s a block before restoration (or is there another word for what I’m doing?) with some of the damaged fabric removed:
Okay, this story is going to have to be continued….I think it’s getting WAY too long. Besides, I’ll be working on this until I go into retirement, so I might as well take my time!
