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Kristen’s Teddy Bear Quilt from Granny

by Mary Emma Allen on April 28th, 2008

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Kristen’s Teddy Bear Quilt from Granny

 Guest post by Kristen King

(Today Kristen shares with us the story surrounding the quilt Granny made for her.  This probably will bring back memories for you…either quilts you received as a child or ones you’ve made for children and grandchildren.) 

Quilts have always been in my home, so it wasn’t until I got married that I realized that wasn’t “normal.” Evidently, other people had comforters and bedspreads. Who knew? I guess it all started with my first quilt, a soft, pink teddy bear quilt that I think was made by my great-grandmother, Flora, whom I always called Granny.

I know it covered me for a while, when I was very small. But as I grew older, and, my mother has told me, more destructive, it later hung on the wall. Eventually it was packed away for safekeeping. During middle school, I pulled it out of the attic and displayed it in my room again. (Like most tween girls, I went through a brief period of being absolutely obsessed with my name, and the quilt had “Kristen Elizabeth Skove” embroidered across the bottom in fancy script.)

Teddy Bear Quilt Rediscovered

Once I outgrew the desire to have anything pink or remotely girly around, the quilt went back into the attic of my mother’s house, and there it stayed until just a few months ago. Now, it’s in my attic, in a white wicker trunk with pink trim and flowers on the front. There’s a quilted, bear-shaped bib that goes with it that’s also in the trunk, and I thought there was a pillow, but that’s gone missing.

I’m torn as to what to do with these items. It’s not really something that has a practical use right now, and since it has my name on it, I can’t really repurpose it when I have children of my own. But I think they’ll make great heirlooms one day, perhaps for my grandchildren or great-grandchildren.

Will they find me as interesting as I find Granny? I hope so.

(c)2008 Kristen King

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