Stitched Together

Since my blog has a brand new look, I thought I'd tell you a bit about the new banner design. About a month ago, I was lucky enough to find this amazing handmade quilt at the thrift store. I call it the "Holy &*#$@! Quilt" because I feel so fortunate to have found it. Most of what I purchase at thrift stores doesn't break the $10 mark, but this was priced at $89-- however I think we can all agree that it's worth that many times over. How could I resist?! It's an entirely hand-stitched double-sized quilt and has no loose threads or stains whatsoever. I adore the beautiful mix of colorful feedsacks with plain white and green fabrics, and the flower garden pattern is a classic. I feel so grateful to have been able to rescue a handmade beauty like this and make it a part of my home.

While we're on the subject of quilts, do you guys remember the adorable pair of 1970s-era twin sized quilts I thrifted last year, which (as the "Made Especially for You" label informed us) were sewn by a woman named Edna DeMerse? I got some fun e-mails and comments from you guys wondering if she was still alive, where she was from, who the quilts were made for, and so on. Well, the mystery has finally been solved! Edna's step-niece Gladys came across my blog entry and left this sweet comment on the original post:

Hi I was a step-neice of Edna DeMerse of Vallejo Ca. I was just surfing on the internet and here I am. She was a wonderful lady who passed away in 1995. She loved to make things and taught me how to crochet when I was a little girl.

How great is that?! Thanks so much for writing, Gladys. This is just part of what I love about buying things (especially handmade things) secondhand-- behind every item is a story. I feel so lucky that in this particular case, I was able to find out just what that story was.

Comments

[Melisser]

Such a great quilt & that note is too cool!

[Kristen-Marinade Handmade]

I just stumbled across your blog and was thrilled to see this beautiful quilt. My Great- grandmother began a feedsack quilt in this exact pattern many years ago and never finished it. My mother inherited the unfinished squares and now, over 30 years later, she is beginning to create baby quilts from the squares for my brother and I so that someday when we have children, we can have these lovely little quilts for them. I love that she is taking family history and spreading it around, i'm sure my great grandma would approve! Anyway, what an amazing find! I love your blog and will definitely keep reading!