In the spring of 2016, I was in Ontario visiting my aunt and she asked me if I’d like to have my grandma’s fabric.  Well, that was a question that was easily answered.  My grandma was a sewer and a quilter.  She died in 1978, so the fabrics were at least 39 years old.

Once I got home, I spent several days cutting up her fabric into 3 ½″, 2 ½″ and 2″ strips and squares.  Some of the fabric was obviously from dress making and some of it has some polyester in it.  I used it all.  They were a lot of fun to make.  

I decided to make 13 quilts.

Why 13? you ask.  Well, I have 11 cousins and a sister from my Grandma’s side of the family.  I thought it would be nice if each cousin and my sister & I each got a quilt made with Grandma’s fabrics.

In the end, I made14 quilts with my grandma’s fabrics.  

These 2 pictures are of 12 of the quilts (in 2 groups of 6) hanging on the clothesline.

# 1

• Shoo-fly block
• 61″ x  74″

#2

• 4 Patch – alternating with solid white
• 3 ½” coloured squares
• 62″x62″

#3

• 4 Patch – on point – alternating with solid white
• 3 ½” coloured squares
• 62″x62″

 #4

• My own design
• 59″ x 59″

#5

• Disappearing 4 patch … started out as 3½” squares .
• Go to this link for a description on how to do the blocks
• 56″ x 56″

#6

• 64    2 ½” coloured squares, on point
• 49″ x 49″

#7

• 64    2 ½” coloured squares, on point
• 48″ x 48″

#8

• 121    2 ” coloured squares, on point
• 49″ x 49″

#9

•  Jewel Box – with Dark HST
• 56″ x 56″

#10

• 2″ 4 patches, alternating with white squares
• 48″ x 54

#11

• Simple Irish Chain with 2 ½” squares
• 63″ x 63″

#12

• Simple Irish Chain with 2″ squares
• 63″ x 63″

#13

• Simple Irish Chain with 2″ squares
• 63″ x 63″

#14

• Uneven 9-patch with 3 ½” squares and 2″ squares
• flannel backed
• the only quilt using “Grandma’s fabrics” that was made for a specific person
• The only quilt in this series that used only one of “Grandma’s fabrics” (all the rest are scrappy
• 67″ x 67″

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