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GRANDMA'S QUILTS
This is my Grandma Bales. She has been making wonderful quilts for most of her life. So many, in fact, that her closets, cupboards and dressers are stuffed with quilts, quilt tops and fabric scraps. I, along with my siblings, parents, cousins and aunts and uncles are blessed to possess many of her creations. I can not even begin to predict the massive quantity of hand stitched quilts she has made in her life so far, probably thousands. She is an inspiration and I am beginning to learn her craft. Here are some pictures of her quilts and the beginning of my very first one as well.
This is a tag from an entry in a fair.
I just got this one. Judging from the yellowed coloring it is probably a very old one.
This was a Christmas gift one year.
Beautiful Double Wedding Ring quilt top that I can't wait to hand stitch. It will be wonderful to have a quilt that we both worked on to hand down to my kids someday. 
The basket quilt is one that my great grandmother on my mom's side worked on with my grandma Bales from my dad's side. It is my oldest quilt and my very favorite!
Who knew pink and chocolate would be so popular together. Grandma made this one for Kevin and I when we got married.
My well loved baby blanket.
My brother, Joey's baby blanket.
I love the vintage fabrics in some of these quilts.
This is another very old quilt that I don't know very much about.
Royal blue was my high school's color. Grandma gave me this one when I graduated in 1989.
This one was made from place mats!
I remember using this one to cover up my baby dolls when I was a toddler.
Another Christmas gift.
An old quilt top waiting to be quilted. Below is the one she made me when I was four. I remember her asking me if I wanted one with little girls on it and I told her no, I wanted houses, so she made me houses!
Now, this is the one I am working on. It will probably be years before I finish it, as I am doing it entirely by hand. No sewing machine here.
This is my Grandma Bales. She has been making wonderful quilts for most of her life. So many, in fact, that her closets, cupboards and dressers are stuffed with quilts, quilt tops and fabric scraps. I, along with my siblings, parents, cousins and aunts and uncles are blessed to possess many of her creations. I can not even begin to predict the massive quantity of hand stitched quilts she has made in her life so far, probably thousands. She is an inspiration and I am beginning to learn her craft. Here are some pictures of her quilts and the beginning of my very first one as well.
This is a tag from an entry in a fair.
I just got this one. Judging from the yellowed coloring it is probably a very old one.
This was a Christmas gift one year.
Beautiful Double Wedding Ring quilt top that I can't wait to hand stitch. It will be wonderful to have a quilt that we both worked on to hand down to my kids someday. 
The basket quilt is one that my great grandmother on my mom's side worked on with my grandma Bales from my dad's side. It is my oldest quilt and my very favorite!
Who knew pink and chocolate would be so popular together. Grandma made this one for Kevin and I when we got married.
My well loved baby blanket.
My brother, Joey's baby blanket.
I love the vintage fabrics in some of these quilts.
This is another very old quilt that I don't know very much about.
Royal blue was my high school's color. Grandma gave me this one when I graduated in 1989.
This one was made from place mats!
I remember using this one to cover up my baby dolls when I was a toddler.
Another Christmas gift.
An old quilt top waiting to be quilted. Below is the one she made me when I was four. I remember her asking me if I wanted one with little girls on it and I told her no, I wanted houses, so she made me houses!
Now, this is the one I am working on. It will probably be years before I finish it, as I am doing it entirely by hand. No sewing machine here.
Hopefully Susan or your Dad will print it out and show her. If not I will this winter. It's not everyday someone get's called an inspiration.
ReplyDeleteThe quilt you remember using to cover up your baby dolls with when you were a toddler, was actually the quilt my paternal grandmother (the one who quilted with your grandma Bales) made me when I was a little girl. Now it's Kendall's turn - WOW that will be three generations . . . tough quilt!
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