A Chest of Quilts

During my trip to Tennessee, I happened to think that I'd like to look at all the old quilts that my mom has in the cedar chest in her room. I hadn't seen what was in that thing for EONS!
So, I took the quilts all out and dumped them on the front lawn. Seems legit, right?!
Right. So I just wanted to share the pictures with you and a few comments when appropriate. Or not appropriate, whatever!

My Granny made this on for one of my brothers when they were little, I can't remember which on, but I'm thinking Samuel or Ethan. Her stuff is mostly hand quilted and some of them (like this one) have some hand piecing too!

 This quilt was also made by my Granny, it was the one she gave my parents for their wedding I think. Anyway, I remember it in our first home on my parents bed.

 

 I love the pattern of this one! I know it's only squares, but I think that the layout is just great :) I'm a simple kind of girl.

 

 This one was made by my great or great, great grandmother, I don't know which. I like this one because of the color scheme and that I'm sure it was all just scraps. There is also a tiny imperfection where she accidentally flipped a row of points and left it there. It makes it all the more special to me!

 

 This was my great grandfather's dress. For real! It was his christening gown. All the boys wore them then.

 I love the details, especially the pin tucks!

Here is another made by a great or great-great grandmother. This on is so heavy, the muslin used to be much heavier duty than it is now.

 

It has never been washed, so the pencil markings where she drew the hand quilting lines are still there.

 

 Pink was always my favorite color so my Granny made this quilt for me. It was so long ago that I don't even remember when she gave it to me. There are spots where the top fabric is completely worn away because I used it for years and years. I can only now appreciate the work that went into this applique quilt.

 

 Notice the hand quilted hearts! She was an amazing quilter. I say was because she has macular degeneration and can no longer quilt. She has little central vision left, which is useful when trying to see anything that is not in the peripheral area.

 

I'm so happy that these have been saved and that I got to snap some pictures of them to show you all!

~Rachel

 

 

Amazing Finds!

This past weekend I was at my in-laws for Memorial Day. I discovered that they had been hiding vintage quilts from me! (Okay, not really, I just didn't know about them!) I went in the garage to talk to my father-in-law, and spotted a quilt WITH hand quilting AND hand pieces y-seams! I did the whole, "oh my gosh!!! What, where, and why?!" It was sitting on the water heater and Kyle just said I could have it because it was in an old trunk that he got at a yard sale. That got me started and my mother-in-law,Cathy, got out some old family quilts that my husband's great grandmother made! So, here are pictures of a couple of those.

My most favorite! Hand pieced seams!

The yard sale quilt! Oh man.

Dresden fan quilt made by Linwood's great grandmother White. Her daughter, Evelyn is Linwood's grandma and is now in her 90's. she told me that there was a lady who would do the hand quilting on these for $3. THREE DOLLARS. I am still trying to grasp that over here.

Now for some fabric that I just got in the mail! Is so fun to come home to a package! I ordered some Out to Sea by Sarah Jane for Michael Miller and some Geekly Chic by Dorothy Tsang for Riley Blake. Lastly, I got Modern by Robinzingone for Robert Kaufman! I already have plans for all of these! Have a look (I ordered from Hawthorne Threads and loved the service)!

Have a great day!

~Rachel

Sign for Twins Room Reveal

Good Morning!!

I have to say this week has been a much better week than the last one!! My little boys haven't given me quite as much grief.. ok scratch that they have. I guess I'm just realizing that this new phase of destruction is here to stay and its just not worth getting my panties all up in a bundle every time they do something terrible.. I mean they do call it the Terrible Two's for a reason!! right?! I guess my experience is just EXTRA special since there is more than one and they use their little partnership to plot against me!

As Rachel and I both said; we had a lovely girls day on Monday!! I think it was exactly what I needed to get over a bad week and feel renewed and fresh!! We had such a great time! It was also the first time I have left Scarlett for a longer than an hour! I was really hesitant up until right before I left.  I wasn't sure if  I should take her or leave her but my husband assured me everything would be just fine and kicked me out the door! I'm glad he did, she was more than OK without me which makes me a little sad that she is growing so fast. However,  it was nice to have a little bit more freedom. Its kind of crazy to think that by the time my boys where her age now, I was already expecting again.. I don't know what the heck I was thinking but, I'm glad I didn't think about it too hard. By the time I realized perhaps throwing a third child into the mix with some crazy toddlers might not be the best idea, it was a little to late!! And I just cant imagine life without each of these crazy little people who have given me purpose in this world.



I have continued to crochet this week, in fact I have started a new routine, instead of being a grizzly mother every time my boys jump out of their bed during bed and nap time and putting them back into bed countless times. Now, I just sit in front of their door in a rocking chair and crochet until they fall asleep. It works so much better!!! and it's actually much more time effective!! It was taking me over and hour to try and get my boys to take a nap and now they know they cant get away with anything so they just lay down and fall asleep and I get to watch as they fall asleep and turn into perfect little angels and enjoy some quite crochet time. It works out just perfectly!!!
I am also still waiting for my Silhouette to arrive!! It is estimated to come today, I was sincerely hoping it would come earlier but no such luck!! If it doesn't come today, I'm going to start getting cranky!!! Luckily I have grand plans to hang out with one of my mommy friends who understands more than any one what life is like with twins. She has twin boys of her own that are a month older than Scarlett and a 2 year old son just a few months younger than my boys. I always enjoy our play dates!! and it is so funny to watch our six kids hang out together!

Today I am FINALLY showing you the sign I made for my boys room!! I had to wait to show you because the board needed to be trimmed to finish it off and my husbands saw was too wimpy to do the job! But alas here it is in all its glory! this picture is taken in my master bedroom on my dresser, it will however eventually go in my boys room as planned!

Have a very lovely and wonderful day!!

-Haley