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Quilting and Patchwork

Recording Your Quilting & Family Legacy

by Mary Emma Allen on December 28th, 2007

   Quilters continue to respond to my posts about quilting, family times, and tea time rituals that bring back memories.  They also share stories of memories-in-progress as they gather with children for cooking, crafts, sewing and quilting, as I did with my grandmother and aunt.  We also created memories in my own home which span the generations. 

Why not start writing down these memories and memories-in-the making?  These are part of your family legacy and should be saved!

If there is interest, I’ll make this a regular feature, where I share quilting memories and tell you about research I’m doing as I develop my Trails End Quilters legacy.   I’ll ask you to start your own memory journal and share your progress here in the comments.  You’re welcome to share memories, too.

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2 opinions for Recording Your Quilting & Family Legacy

  • Noreen Crone-Findlay
    Dec 29, 2007 at 6:37 pm

    This is a lovely idea, Mary Emma!

    Hope you had a lovely Christmas, and that you’ll have a wonderful new year!

  • Mary Emma Allen
    Dec 29, 2007 at 7:06 pm

    Thanks, Noreen, for your comment and your holiday wishes. Yes, we’ve had a lovely Christmas…a white one here in NH. We’re looking forward to 2008.

    Incidentally, a family legacy doesn’t have to involve simply quilting. What other crafts is one’s family noted for? What memories do you have of engaging in these with family members or teaching them to your children?

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