This time from one of my cousins! He was kind enough to get pictures to me, and now I get to share them! Only three more quilts to go, then there will be pictures of all five of these. (No, they aren't the only quilts my grandmother made, but you can see the theme here, lol).
Clearly, the theme color for his quilt is brown, as mine was blue.
And again, every stitch done by hand. You can see some of the details of her handiwork here.
To finish - her signature, of course, and the year he graduated (yeah,, we're all old, lol).
I don't guess I can really say these are the tip of the iceberg, but the sheer volume of embroidery, knitting, sewing, and crochet that my grandmother did put out is kind of staggering when I think about it. But then, I also never remember her hands not doing something. They were never still. Even if it wasn't embroidery or knitting, she was doing crosswords, crochet, any number of other things.
The lesson to take away from this, I think, is that - for all we say we don't have time... How much of it do we spend staring at the TV? And not just staring, but doing nothing else at the same time? How many hours are we on the computer doing nothing really productive? How many books do we read now, as opposed to earlier in our lives? I know for me that answer is far fewer than I'd have guessed.
So there's time to do this stuff if we want to. I won't say my time is idle, because I get a lot done that doesn't "show" in some regards. But I also know I could work more of this awesome stuff into my own life. Hence the pseudo gardening, resuming my own turn at the needle (sometimes, lol), and even this blog. Getting stuff out there that's for me - but also to share.
Hope you enjoyed the pics! And hopefully, more will be coming from my sister and other cousins on this side of the family. For me personally, it would just be cool to see them all.
:)
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