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| Alee |
Posted - May 03 2007 : 7:16:17 PM
My Great-Great Aunt Nora was an incredible woman. She lived to be almost 100 years old, was extremely outdoorsy, and made beautiful quilts. Her husband, Ray, was a forest ranger. She often accompanied him on his work and loved to camp. They tried to have children many times but she was unable to carry to term and finally had to stop trying to have children at the risk of her own life.
She was known through out the Saratoga Wyoming area for her amazing quilts. Here is one that is almost 100 years old that she willed to me when she died. She said the red reminded her of me. The red border fabric is the same as on the fabric on the back. It is a flat quit (not batted) and is a modified crazy quilt. My Aunt cut the squares instead of using random shapes but the embroidery is the same as a normal crazy quilt.
According to my mom who used to be a director of a museum- crazy quilts were a way for women "back in the day" to show off their ability with embroidery and display the number of different stitches that they could do.
Please let me know what you think!
Alee
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| Contrary Wife |
Posted - May 30 2009 : 06:48:09 AM
Alee, the image has been deleted for my computor?????
Teresa Sue
Farmgirl Sister #316
Planting Zone 4
"Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly." The Dalai Lama |
| katmom |
Posted - May 05 2007 : 08:49:01 AM
yep it's a feather stitch....and I to luv Alee's very special crazy quilt.
>^..^< Happiness is being a katmom. |
| Naomi Michelle |
Posted - May 04 2007 : 10:01:37 PM
Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be-Abraham Lincoln |
| Alee |
Posted - May 04 2007 : 9:56:26 PM
Kate-
No she didn't sign it- Not that I have found yet.
I keep it displayed in my hallway where it won't get any direct sunlight. So hard to balance preserving it verses not appreciating it.
Alee |
| Justimagine |
Posted - May 04 2007 : 4:17:16 PM
Alee,
What a blessing! I love quilts... and quilting. Did she sign it?
Kate~
"...out of the heart flow the wellsprings of life"
Proverbs 4:23
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| Alee |
Posted - May 04 2007 : 2:59:56 PM
Hi Ladies-
Yes, the quilt is very dear to me. I love it and for years I kept it carefully folded and preserved in my great-great aunt's cedar chest which was also willed to me. You see, my mom really loved her Great Aunt Nora and named me after her (Alyssa Nora). I loved my great great and I love how strong of a woman she was. I decided when I was pregnant that I really wanted to honor her again so hence Nora became the third to carry the name in living memory in our family. Someday when she is older and can appreciate how valuable and delicate the quilt is, she will inherit it and possibly the cedar chest as well. Maybe as graduation or wedding presents :)
Alee
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| Kathie |
Posted - May 04 2007 : 1:04:52 PM
I really love it Alee!!
Quilts say so much about who we are..
Just thinking about our Pioneer women.. Trying to keep their families warm.... & every stitch they made meant something to them..
i just love quilts!
& yours really shows so many things! look at all the details in her stitching.. So much thought went into what she did.. Each Square.. each triangle.. she made sure she kept a solid & a pattern..
Don't you just love imagining where all that fabric came from.. What it was before it was your quilt?
Who's shirt it was.. Or who's dress it was?
Your snuggling up with a little bit of everyone she cared about..
In a World Where you Can Be Anything, Be Yourself.. |
| suzyhomemaker |
Posted - May 04 2007 : 12:50:47 PM
How fortunate you are ot be gifted such a treasure. I sure hope you will love it all your days and continue pasing it on in your own family. Very nice embroidery work.
Country girl in NE PA |
| Mumof3 |
Posted - May 04 2007 : 10:11:21 AM
Alee- Such a lovely quilt, with such exquisite handwork!! What a treasure to be able to pass on to your daughter!!
Karin
Wherever you go, there you are. |
| Maryjane Lee |
Posted - May 04 2007 : 08:59:06 AM
Alee, Thank You so much for sharing your "Crazy Quilt"! It sure brings back memoreis of the one that my Great Grandmother had. My parents have it in their guest room! My Mother has it on a desk, under glass with a darling jar of vintage buttons! Hope to someday make a little "Crazy Quilt"! Lucky You!
"Cherish the memories and in our hearts they shall live forever" |
| Nancy Gartenman |
Posted - May 04 2007 : 05:27:45 AM
ALEE,
That quilt sure is a beauty. "THE NORA QUILT". What a nice thing to have.
NANCY JO
www.Nancy-Jo.blogspot.com |
| Beemoosie |
Posted - May 04 2007 : 04:44:19 AM
Oh Alee, what a precious treasure! Your baby's namesake sounds like she was a neat woman!
Thanks for sharing!
My soul magnifies the Lord, And my spirit rejoices in God my Savior. Luke 1:46,47
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| BackyardTreasures |
Posted - May 04 2007 : 04:12:51 AM
Alee, your quilt is beautiful!! What a priceless heirloom you have that you can someday pass on to your daughter.
Your great great aunt was very talented. Is your Nora named after her?
~~Anne
www.homesteadblogger.com/BackyardTreasures |
| BotanicalBath |
Posted - May 03 2007 : 11:22:46 PM
How beautiful!
That is a very special quilt and a wonderful memory of your Aunt.
E-
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| Marybeth |
Posted - May 03 2007 : 10:57:24 PM
That is beautiful, Alee. What a legacy you have to pass on to your little Nora. You both are blessed. MaryBeth
www.strawberryhillsfarm.blogspot.com
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"Life may not be the party we hoped for...but while we are here we might as well dance!" |
| Mikki |
Posted - May 03 2007 : 10:32:20 PM
Oh Alee!!! What a treasure you have! I never thought of using the stitching like you would in a crazy quilt, thats really neat! I just love it.
~~Blessings, Mikki Jo
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| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - May 03 2007 : 10:08:53 PM
Wow...wonderful quilt Alee!! ..and such a great keepsake of your Aunt. I love it!
Jenny in Utah
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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| Libbie |
Posted - May 03 2007 : 9:41:16 PM
Oh, Alee! That is just amazing - and I especially like the detail of the embroidery stitches. Isn't it just incredible the amount of work (and LOVE) that went, and still goes, into quilts? I really believe that when you wrap yourself in a handmade quilt, you can almost "feel" the arms that made it wrapping around you...
XOXO, Libbie
"All through the long winter, I dream of my garden. On the first day of spring, I dig my fingers deep into the soft earth. I can feel its energy, and my spirits soar..." - Helen Hayes |
| cinnamongirl |
Posted - May 03 2007 : 9:12:46 PM
Very nice and a very special keepsake. Enjoy, this is the first type of quilts I learned to make I like them they are a lot of work but nowadays the embroider machine saves a lot of time.yet they are still time consuming. But its a take anywhere kind of thing. You are lucky to have such a nice treasure however. |
| TheSoapMaven |
Posted - May 03 2007 : 7:53:33 PM
That is an amazing quilt. You are very blessed!
Susan
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| MariaAZ |
Posted - May 03 2007 : 7:43:41 PM
It is beautiful! I enjoy quilts, but LOVE crazy quilts.
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| berries |
Posted - May 03 2007 : 7:30:30 PM
Simply beautiful! What a treasure.
Thanks for sharing.
fondly, gloria g. Richards, TX
strawberry fields forever and ever!
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