Comments on: Gramma Illa’s Quilt http://colorjoy.com/weblog/archives/704 Art as an everyday attitude. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 09:39:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Emma http://colorjoy.com/weblog/archives/704#comment-602 Emma Mon, 27 Sep 2004 00:10:39 +0000 http://colorjoy.com/weblog/archives/704#comment-602 What a lovely post ! Thank you for sharing stories about your family. What a lovely post ! Thank you for sharing stories about your family.

]]> By: Donna http://colorjoy.com/weblog/archives/704#comment-601 Donna Sun, 26 Sep 2004 14:49:07 +0000 http://colorjoy.com/weblog/archives/704#comment-601 What a pretty quilt. I wish I knew how to quilt. Some day perhaps. For now in between knitting garments I make afghans for family members. All hand mades are memory makers. All those socks you have passed on through the years will be too. Thanks for sharing. Donna. What a pretty quilt. I wish I knew how to quilt. Some day perhaps. For now in between knitting garments I make afghans for family members. All hand mades are memory makers. All those socks you have passed on through the years will be too. Thanks for sharing.

Donna.

]]> By: Charlotte http://colorjoy.com/weblog/archives/704#comment-600 Charlotte Sat, 25 Sep 2004 16:59:23 +0000 http://colorjoy.com/weblog/archives/704#comment-600 The story of your Gramma's quilt brought back memories of the "comforters" my grandmother used to make. She would collect worn men's suits and cut them up into sizeable (maybe 6-8 inches?) squares. These were then sewn together to make the top. I don't remember what the back was. These were not quilted by were tied with yarn. I don't know what the stuffing was either but they were heavy and one or two of those on a bed meant a small child would find it difficult to turn over. I don't know what happened to those "comforters." As far as I know, they no longer exist. The story of your Gramma’s quilt brought back memories of the “comforters” my grandmother used to make. She would collect worn men’s suits and cut them up into sizeable (maybe 6-8 inches?) squares. These were then sewn together to make the top. I don’t remember what the back was. These were not quilted by were tied with yarn. I don’t know what the stuffing was either but they were heavy and one or two of those on a bed meant a small child would find it difficult to turn over. I don’t know what happened to those “comforters.” As far as I know, they no longer exist.

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