Ohhh My!

On Tuesday, I had an appointment with my grandmother. I've not talked about her much lately, but she's now 97 (and a half!), and still lives in her own home. She gets daily visits from my mother and my uncle, and frequent visits from several other family members, myself included. About a week ago she asked me if I'd schedule a day to come over and clean out the last of the sewing closet. She's told me for years - ever since she stopped quilting - that all of that stuff is mine, and now she'd decided it was time to get that closet emptied out.

Back seat. Back in the day I used to make baskets.

Rear, with batting squished in.

Rear, with batting removed.

Now, you may remember that I brought home a loaded sewing kit about a year ago when she got it in her head that she needed to dispose of some of her quilting and sewing supplies. Here's the link to that post. And an even earlier one is here.

For all of you organized sorts, no, I don't have room for this stuff, and no, I don't know what I will do with it all. I couldn't very well refuse it, though. I didn't want to refuse it! I will "know" a lot of the stuff in these boxes!

Nearly every box is labeled with the contents. Most of the labeling is in Grandma's hand, but my writing is on several, so I know that I have been through this stuff with her at some point, but Lord only knows how long ago that was!

 I took loads upstairs in phases. As I got a load into the room, I sat down and went through each box, photographing the contents. In the picture above, you can see how clearly labeled the boxes are. 



Over several days, I will share the contents of these boxes. When I say there are treasures, I am not kidding. I will show you two right now - complete quilt tops ready for quilting.

 

 Folded up just as neat as you please; I remember these being among the last of the things she worked on before giving up quilting entirely. Of course, they are scrap quilts. She had long stopped buying any more fabric. The task was to use up as much as she could.

This pinwheel quilt is 5 blocks by 6 blocks with a large sashing.

This star quilt is huge - 9 x 11 blocks.

Check out the piano key border, and the binding is attached, too.

What treasures. It will be fun to share all the goodies with you. Hope you'll check back!

Happy Quilting, Friends!