Heirloom Quilts S2020

Heather Anderson

“Grandmother’s Dream”

The quilt that I decided to do this paper on is one that my grandma has. It is a full/queen 

size quilt that was made in 1944. The pattern that was used is a “Grandmother's Dream” pattern. It was popular in the 1930s and 1940s. 

This quilt was made by my great great grandmother for my great grandma's wedding. Some facts about my great grandma is that she ran a braiding machine at the local church and she would can all of their food. The Quilt that she made was made of cotton flour sacks. They used to wash and recycle their bags that four came in and used 

them to make clothing, quilts, or even hand towels and they used cotton batting.The quilt was pieced and sewn using a treadle machine. My great grandma and her mom quilted it by hand. 

Megan Benson

“Sweet Dreams”

Suzy Benson, my grandmother, has been an avid quilt maker 

since her early 30s. She has a total of 25 grandchildren and has 

made quilts for every grandchild. 

My heirloom quilt is the quilt my grandmother gave me in 2004. When I was 3 years old, I had a difficult time sleep by myself because I was terrified of the monsters that lurked in the dark. I also loved all things princesses and fairy tales. In the upper right corner of this quilt there is certificate to prove that the quilt will keep monsters away. The different blocks tell a story of a princess being rescued by her prince charming. 

Suzy made this quilt by piecing fabric squares together and titled it “Sweet Dreams”. The fabric and batter are cotton and the quilt is fitted for a twin sized bed. 

This quilt helped me sleep soundly for years and get over my fear of the dark. I plan to pass this this quilt down to my children and, eventually, to their children. 

Vanessa Bingham

Angels Among Us

Although I have never met my grandfather, I have been told many amazing stories about him.  According to my mom, my great grandfather had an amazing imagination and would come up with stories about being a cowboy and living in the wild west.  My grandma tells me that he was such a good man and was always looking for somebody to help.  He died before I was old enough to understand who he was but I hear that at his viewing, he had a line of people out the church doors who thanked him for the impact that he had made in their lives. Because of whom my great grandfather was, my grandma, Heidi Rock, decided to create a quilt about his life so he may be known for generations to come.  

As I called her to ask about this quilt, she told me that the name of the quilt is “Angels Among Us” because of the beauty in my great grandfather’s life.  She explained to me that the purpose in making this quilt was to represent and symbolize who he was and who he has become (an angel in heaven).  The origin of the design came from my grandma’s thoughts and feelings about my loving grandfather and the love that he carried through her and her siblings. She even hand stitched a poem that he wrote to her sister saying:

Fret not my passing dear heart.

Though this body turn to clay,

I with heavens consent,

Will never be more

Then a thought away.

As you can see, my great grandfather was a poet and a writer.  He cared for my grandma and her family and through mourning for her father, my grandma created a beautiful work of art to represent him. 

My great grandpa died in 2004 from a car accident.  I don’t know all of the details but according to my mom, he was driving his horses across a mountain and he fell asleep on the road and toppled over the side.  Because of this, my grandma had to unexpectedly say goodbye and she created this quilt and a document of its symbolism a year later (in 2005).  She explained to me that she wanted her future generations to remember who her father was, and she made it for us to pass on to our children.

Most of the quilt is pieced together with applique and hand stitching.  She created and stitched each piece on with a purpose.  The stars represent her siblings and herself, the north star represents the leader that her dad was in his life.  The hands and heart are symbolic of the charity that her dad was full of. The angel represents who her dad is now in her heart.  Each piece represents something different and has a different meaning but together they make a beautiful quilt that hangs on the wall.

My grandma herself is a very good person.  She believes that one day she will get to see her father again in another life and she made this quilt as a reminder of who he was in this life.  She loves to sew and quilt and create new things with her time.  She is a wonderful mother and grandmother who has paved a path for her children and grandchildren to go.  She is smart, loving and creative just like her father.

The quilt itself is made out of 100% cotton and the batting is made out of an 80/20 cotton blend.  It is 27 inches wide and 29 inches tall.  The quilt itself was made to be a decoration on a wall.  

As we can see, my grandpa was an amazing man.  He influenced many people, but he especially made a place in my grandma’s heart.  He was such a good example to her that she created a quilt in his memory, one that will be passed on from generation to generation.

Ashlee Christensen

Nursery Rhyme Quilt

For this assignment, I chose one of my favorite quilts that has been passed down 

through my family. We call it the Nursery Rhyme quilt, because the blocks are 

embroidered with scenes from nursery rhymes.

The fabrics seem to be cotton, and the quilt is 70”x71.5”. The blocks were pieced and the entire thing was sewn and quilted by hand during the early 1930s, during the Great Depression. 

The quilt was made by Sarah Persis Rigby (my Great Grandaunt). She made it for my grandma and her sister when they were less than 10 years old. Sarah was born in 1883 and died in 1968. Both of her parents died young, leaving her, the oldest surviving of twelve children, to care for the family. She basically became the mother to all of the kids. She never married and had a close relationship with her sister Lula Ann (my Great Grandma). She made the quilt for Lula Ann’s daughters while they were living in Montana, away from the family. 

Aunt Persy, as the family called her, was an amazing woman who ran a household by 

herself at a time when everything had to be made by hand from scratch. You can tell 

she took great time and care with the quilt, because, even though it was made my hand, 

the lines are very straight, and the circles match almost perfectly.

 One of the things that makes this quilt special is that the entire back, border, and spacing blocks, were made from the same fabric, which didn’t happen a lot during the Depression. Fabric was expensive, and most people pieced together the bits that they had, but this fabric is completely matching.

 Another thing that makes it special is that it still has the quilt topper. The quilt topper is a piece that buttons on to the top of the quilt. The top would get more dirty than the rest of the quilt and would make it so the whole quilt wouldn’t have to be washed. 

This quilt is something very special that has been handed down, and it was really neat to learn more about the incredible lady that made it.

Kelsee Cox

"Sweet Bird Songs"

The fiber content of this quilt is cotton with a very light cotton batting.  It is a queen size appliquéd quilt.  It was made by donna Deharicheliere inn 2010 for Linnda Cox who is my grandmother.  Donna made it for Lynnda because she was her best friend and wanted to give/make something special for her that was also special to her.

Donna quilts at least 7 hours a day.  She has a huge heart and loves service, she likes to travel and she's lied in Vegas for 25 years.  It took her six months to make the quilt.  She loved the colors and how everything just matched perfectly.

Lauryn Davis 

“Sewing Together Siblings”

This quilt was made by my grandma's mother, or my great grandmother back in 

the 1920’s. Her name was Della Lewis and was a nanny in her early adulthood for an 

orphanage. Back in her time they had many orphanages hire full time nannies that 

would feed and play with many children at a time for hardly any pay. But it was 

something a woman could do while she stayed at home and did house work. Some 

nannies were only in it for the money and were very mean to the children but Della was 

selfless. She treated each child as if it were her own. She taught them kindness and 

love and provided for them even when the expenses equalled the pay. During her time 

she learned how to sew and started quilt making. Children would come and go and it 

would break her heart and heal it every time as old ones left and new ones came. In 

order to have memories of these children when they grew out of their old clothes or rip 

holes in them she would cut them up and keep small scraps.

 This quilt is full of colorful memories and consists of many small squares and 

scrapes of each of her kids that she cared for. When it was finally time to have kids of 

her own she pieced together a 48’X60’ quilt. The pattern she chose was a memoir to 

how she was interviewed with all these childs lives. She liked how the scrapes all 

seemed to cross paths and share a moment together before going different directions. 

She gave the quilt to her new child (my grandmother) and always said “here is a hug 

from all of your siblings”. She would often refer to the quilt as her children or my 

grandmother's siblings. The quilt has had holes and tears and we have used old clothing from kids to patch it up to keep the quilt in the same theme. To keep its integrity 

my mom went and got it quilted with a long arm to prevent future wear and tear. 

Savannah Floyd

“Great Grandma’s 7 Point Star “

My great grandma NaDene Probst is who made this quilt top. When my great grandma passed away, we found lots of fabric and unfinished quilts in her home.  This quilt top was one of them. My aunt took the unfinished top and had it finished. 

Originally, this quilt was supposed to feature an 8 point star, but because of some inaccuracy in sewing, the woman who finished the quilt took out a point to make it a 7 point star.  The 8 point star represents guidance from God by following the star pattern. It was symbolic of the crafter’s faith. 

My grandma grew up sewing. Sewing while she was young was a necessity; she made clothes for her children and for others who were in need throughout the Great Depression.  She utilized scrap fabric to make whatever was needed at the time. Most times, she would get together with other members of her church and they would make quilts with what they had for brides to be. It was a way of socializing for good in a time of despair. That is most likely what this quilt was started for, but never was finished because it would not lay flat with the eight points.  The cotton fabric used for this quilt is from the 1950s and was most likely pieced between 1950 and 1970. The quilt finished to be queen size. It is absolutely stunning! My grandma owns it now, and it means so much to her because it reminds her of her mom and how hard she worked for her family.  

Callie Goble

Jean Patch Quilt

The name of my heirloom quilt is Jean Patch quilt. The origin of the design comes from

Italy. They started making denim or jean quilts several hundred years ago before people started

making denim into clothing. 

The whole quilt was made by my grandmother, Ellen Goble. She gave it to me for Christmas one year. It is made out of jeans from my whole family, she asked everyone for their old jeans about 2 years before she gave this to me. She also made one for all of my cousins, so in total she made 8 jean quilts. 

The quilts are all 54 ½ inches by 67 inches, so just big enough to wrap up in. My grandmother pieced all the quilts together and gave them a fleece backing. She made my cousins and me these quilts because she loves to sew and we all love handmade gifts from her. Everything she has ever made for me I still have to this day because it was all handcrafted with so much detail. I have one very talented grandmother.  She told me to put it in my “hope chest” for when I get married so that I can keep it forever.

Amelia Johnson

“Kansas Dugout”

When this assignment was given at the beginning of the semester, I knew immediately which quilt I wanted to present. My grandma has 41 grandchildren, and she made a goal to make a quilt for each one of them. Many of the older grandkids already have theirs, and she is working hard to create the quilts for the younger grandkids. Many of us refer to our quilts as our “grandma carol quilts”, and we can spot one of these quilts from anywhere. 

My grandma used the same pattern for all of the boy’s quilts (attic window), but used a different pattern for each of the girls.This is a gift that each of us cherish, and we recognize that it takes time and talent to create these quilts. My quilt is a pieced quilt made from cotton fabric and batting. The pattern used is called Kansas dugout, and the border was handstitched. 

I received my quilt when I was 12, and at the time my favorite colors were pink and green. This quilt is full of pink and green patterns and fabrics, as well as different whites. My grandma claims that there is one piece in the quilt that is not repeated, but I have never been able to find it. This quilt is about the size of a twin bed, but my sisters quilt could cover a kind sized bed (she is the oldest grandchild). 

Nikole Kerr

“Rustic Cabin”

This quilt was made by my older sister, Kayla. She made it for my mom almost 10 years ago. Kayla found the pattern online and choose colors that were rustic looking to match their house in the mountains. She decided to call her creation Rustic Cabin.

 Kayla is one of the few people in my family that makes quilts and it is amazing that my parents have a quilt from her. Kayla told me the main reason that she made this quilt is out of love for my mom. When she makes quilts for people, it is a way to show them her love for them. That is one of the amazing things about quilts because as they are passed down from generation to generation, it will be able to remind us of the love that exist in our family. 

Chloe Martin

"Sunbonnet Quilt"

My sweet Grandma made this quilt. She made her own version of the original sunbonnet quilt, she drew up her own lady so that is what made it a little different. This quilt was designed in fairview Utah by my grandma Sandra Lynn Cox and her mom Minta Cox. This quilt is all cotton. What is cool about it is all the ladies dresses are made from clothes that Minta made Sandra all growing up. Each dress is a different outfit my grandma wore as a little girl. The size of the quilt is 90x90, so it fits a queen size bed. This quilt is considered a applique. It was made by Sandra in 1958 in fairiew Utah. This was made for her senior year project at North Sanpete High School. It was very important to my grandma because she designed it herself and had all the clothing her mom made her as a little girl on it. It had a lot of sentimental value to it and she felt it was a piece of her mom. She was able to pass it down to her daughter(my mom) and then she was able to pass it down to me. Sandra Lynn Cox was raised in fairview Utah. She was a avid quilter her whole life until she passed away June of 2017. This quilt means a lot to many people in the family. 

Kimberlee Martineau

“The Jean Quilt - That You Always Take Camping”. 

It was made by my great-grandma Gwendolyn Martineau in 1996 as a wedding gift for my parents. She cut squares out of old jeans and pieced them all together to make the quilt. 

It is 80x71 inches and is quite heavy due to the fact that it’s made out of denim. The 

front of the quilt is made out of pieced squares of corduroy and the back was made by 

cutting out and piecing together squares from old jeans that could no longer be worn. 

The batting is most likely polyester and was secured by using yarn to tie the quilt 

together. 

Denim quilts became a thing a little after 1873 when blue jeans came about. 

There’s not much information on exactly how they were started. A few fun facts about 

this particular quilt is that it has been on every camping trip we’ve gone on as well as 

being used to keep us warm when we sleep on the trampoline during the summer. 

Another fun fact about it is that the pockets from the jeans are still usable on the quilt. It 

is special because it was made by my great grandma who has passed away. It also is 

special because great grandma Gwen was paralized from the waist down but she didn’t 

let it stop her from going and doing whatever it was she wanted to do.

Neelie Nish

This quilt was made by my Great Grandmother Melma Palmer Penrod, my dad’s grandma. She probably made this in 1980. It looks like it was made very similarly to how we made ours this semester. All the blocks are the same design and the sashing border and backing are all the same color. The border does have a design but I am not sure what it is called. The squares have embroidered blue flowers on them. 

This quilt wasn’t made specifically for anyone, Grandma Penrod had just made it as a family quilt and my Grandma Nish just ended up with it. When my Grandma moved into a nursing home recently with Dementia, we put this blanket on 

her bed hoping it would help her have a sense of home, but funny thing is she kept telling us it wasn’t hers and took it off her bed. But before her memory left, she loved this quilt. She always talked about her mother, my grandma Penrod. 

Alyssa Munro

“The Double Wedding Ring Quilt”

This Double Wedding ring quilt has the same name as its design and was given to my 

grandparents as a wedding gift. The fabrics are cotton, as the top was made after my great grandmother got married, and the batting is polyester, since it was bound before her son’s wedding. It fits on a full-size bed and measures about six feet five inches by seven feet five inches. The design itself dates back in the United States to as early as the 18th century and, just as it was for my grandparents, has historically been given to a newly married couple on their wedding day. 

Victoria Morley

“The Jean Quilt”

The name of this quilt is the Jean quilt. It was made by my Grandma, Carolyn 

Pickett. 

The origin of the simple block pattern quilt comes from pioneer women as they 

traveled west. The design principles and elements were simple. It is to tell the story of 

my mother and siblings childhood. The fiber content is jeans/ denim. The quilt is 60x80 

inches. The quilt is pieced together with jean blocks. 

As the children got older and grew out of their pants, my grandma would use them in her quilt. It’s full of pants from their childhood. It’s hard to say when it was exactly made because she continually added to it as the kids grew. But the finish date was about 1997. This quilt was made for her family. It was made for camping, and family outings. It was always there to keep them warm. Not only was it quite literally made of memories but was there when creating new ones. This quilt is a huge part of the family. It was made for her kids as they got older, to remember all the good times. That’s why it is so important to my mom and aunts. They can look at it and point out jeans they used to wear. It brings back memories. My grandma was an amazing person and an amazing seamstress. She was constantly sewing, crocheting and creating. She taught many of her kids how to sew, play piano, and so much more. The interesting thing about the quilt is how personal it is. It’s not just any fabric, its fabric from all her kids. Everyone was included into one big family blanket. 

Alissa Nesbit

“Baby Girl”

       The quilt I chose wasn’t given a name so I have named it “Baby Girl.” The origin of the design is Precious moments. 

This quilt was given to me when I was born in 1999 by my mother. She learned how to quilt from her mother and decided to take those skills to provide me with this quilt. However, my mother wasn’t too creative with this quilt, she bought the pattern and sewed it together. But it still means a lot to me because I mean a lot to her. I was her first child which was a special moment to her, especially since she had a hard enough time with my quilt she gave up on making quilts for her other children. So this quilt is very special to me and I intend to take good care of it and hopefully pass it down to my children. 

Mackenzie Perfili

“Wedding Rings”

This quilt was made by my grandma and my mother. My grandma has had many years 

of experience when it comes to fabric. She made her own wedding dress and all of the 

clothing my mother wore as a child. 

The quilt name is Wedding Rings. They made this quilt for my mother’s wedding in 1998. This piece was hand-stitched and pieced together. The fabric is cotton and the batting is a cotton-poly blend. They followed the design on the fabric to ensure it came out correctly. 

It is important to my mother because it was something she got to spend a lot of time doing with her family, it created a lot of good memories for her. 

The quilt measures to be 92x 96 inches. The design goes back to the fourth century and was first used by the Romans to signify interlacing ‘wedding bands’ and was used until the husband and wife were married. 

Jackee Peterson

“Dad’s Blanket”

This blanket is known in my family as Dad’s blanket or Todd’s blanket depending on 

who you are talking to. It was made for my dad by grandma, his mom. 

The quilt is pretty big at 72in by 90in. The design of the quilt is a log cabin pattern that can often be made up of leftover fabric. It is a fairly easy and quick block to make and piece together. Each of the different fabrics in the blocks was scrap fabrics from shirts she would make my dad and my uncles. Most of them are cotton but there are a few different types of fabric in it. The pattern she placed the blocks in gives it a slight 3-d look because of the colors she had on the edge of each block. 

My grandma made this for my dad in 1979 or 1980. He was around 16 years old at the time. He believes it was either for Christmas or his birthday but he isn’t quite sure which one as they are fairly close. It’s a very important blanket to him because it came from his mom. 

My grandma started quilting when she was a young girl. She has made over 100 different blankets for many different people throughout her life. Whether it is quilted, knitted, or crocheted every kid and grandchild has received a blanket. I have received my own knitted and crocheted blankets from her and one day hope to receive a quilted blanket. 

Janiel Prime

“Janiel’s Baby Blanket”. 

This quilt is made up of 9 patch squares. The 9 patch quilt was originally made out of scraps from old clothing and feed sacs. As cool as old clothing and feed sacs are, this quilt is not made out of those things. It is made out of cotton fabric, and has a polyester batting. The 9 square blocks in the quilt are alternated on a diagonal with plain blocks. The quilt is very balanced. The squares that the blocks are made out of are repeated. Throughout the whole quilt there is unity. It is 2.5 feet by 3.5 feet, and it is pieced together. 

This quilt was made in 2001, and it was made for me who is the great granddaughter of Gladys Breinholt. It was made for me when I was born, and I loved it as a child. I don't use it anymore because it is pretty small, but it still holds a special place in my heart. It is one of the few things that I have left from my great grandma. 

My great grandma lived in Salt Lake, so I was able to get to know her before she 

passed away. She lived to be 96 years old, and she lived an amazing life. She had 10 

children, 52 grandchildren, and 145 great grandchildren. While she was living, she was 

able to make most of the grandchildren and great grandchildren their very own quilt. 

The quilt that I got from her was hand quilted. It is one of hundreds, but is very unique. 

Gladys Breinholt was 80 years old when she made my quilt. 

Madison Rouska

“Drunkards Path”

As I thought about this assignment I remembered a quilt my grandma had shown me a 

few years ago. My grandma was the first person I thought of because of this quilt. I 

found this quilt very interesting from the second I saw it. I thought the background of this 

quilt was cool. This quilt is called Drunkards path. My great grandma Reba made this 

quilt for my grandpa and grandma in 1972. My great grandma Rebe made this quilt out 

of old clothing, shirts, dresses and extra material she had. She hand quilted this entire 

quilt. I could not imagine hand quilting a 84x72 quilt and the patience that had to have 

taken, that's why I found it so fun. This quilt was special to my grandma because of all 

of the work that her mother in law took to make that quilt for them out of all her old 

clothing.

Elisabeth Mumford Sims

“Double Wedding Ring”

This quilt is a Double Wedding Ring quilt. The design dates back as far as the 15th century. It

mimics the gimmal wedding ring tradition. The gimmal wedding ring was a popular ring worn

by couples upon engagement. During the ceremony the two rings were then interlocked and

worn by the wife thereafter. It has long been a symbol of romance.

This quilt is a queen size quilt and is made of cotton. It’s a piece quilt and was entirely done by

hand. It is made of vintage fabrics, possibly from feedsacks. My great grandmother, Isabel

Barrus was the maker. She grew up in Toelle, UT and later moved to Salt Lake City where she

taught needlework and handicrafts at Auerbach’s department store. She spent pretty much her

entire life working on this quilt, from the 1930’s to the 1970’s . She finished it just in time to

display it at her 50th wedding anniversary.

Lindsey Solomon

“Secret Gardens”

The name of my quilt is “secret gardens.” The name is fitting because of all the 

floral accents in the quilt. My Aunt Kim designed this quilt. It seems like an original 

design,  I haven't really seen anything like it. A design principle I see in this quilt is the 

use of small and big patterns mixed with solid color fabrics too. The color scheme of the 

pattern is green, pink, and blue. It has the same colors you could find in a garden. There 

are four different types of fabrics in this quilt. Two of the fabrics are cotton and then the 

border of the quilt is a plush terry cloth that was repurposed from my Grandma’s old 

robe. There are flowers along the quilt that are made of minky fabrics. The flowers along 

the quilt were applique on to the quilt. The quilt size is 40x50; it's about the size of a 

baby blanket.

 It was made in 2005 the maker of this quilt was my Aunt Kim she loved to 

sew quilts and dresses for my sister and I. She made this quilt for me when I was 

younger. This quilt is important to me because it was made specifically for me. My Aunt 

Kim loves sewing. She made my blessing dresses for my sister and I too. She's a math 

teacher who has five kids and she continues to sew to this day. I think one of my favorite details is the plush terry cloth on my quilt was from an old robe of my grandma’s.

Lyndsi Theurer

“The Friendship Quilt”

This quilt was sewn by the hands of my great great grandma, her daughters and friends. The name of this quilt is the Friendship quilt. As you can see, they signed their names and where they were from. 

My great great grandma carded her own batting from some sheeps wool. The 

pieces of stars are from old clothing or fabric straps that they had. Each person who signed their name sewed stars, which took a while for them to gather all the stars to piece the quilt together. This quilt served as a remembrance of friends and family during hardships they might have had. 

This quilt is special to me because it has shown me a glimpse of what my great great grandmother might have been like. This quilt was probably made in the late 1930’s to early 1940’s. 

Allie Torgerson

The quilt that I have chosen is a quilt that my great grandma, Reba Madsen, made for my mother's mom, Joyce Cox. By the age of 12 my great grandma knew how to sew and quilt. As she got older she even worked in a factory sewing parachutes for WWII. That factory later turned into a coat factory where my great grandma also worked. My great grandma passed these skills down to her daughters, one of them being my grandma Joyce. 

Throughout my grandma's life she has sewn/tied/quilted multiple quilts. However, with her age increasing and her sight decreasing she doesn’t do it as often and only does it for special quilts. This quilt that my great grandma made was pieced together and was made in 1960 for my grandma's truso.The fabric is a really fine cotton and the batting is a thicker batting. The quilt is a queen size quilt that could be used for a bedspread. I am not sure where the design or pattern came from that she used to piece it together and my grandmother wasn’t entirely sure either, but she did say that she used a lot of different designs in every quilt she made. 

Kendall Tormey

“The Jean Quilt”

I looked at a quilt that my mother, Kristin Tormey, made around the year 2005. This quilt is

roughly 84x84 in large. She named this the Jean Quilt. She mainly made this quilt with the use of

family in mind. The thought of the quilt first came when she had many old pairs of jeans that she

didn’t want to just go to waste because they were still in great condition. It was made to be a

multi-use blanket for many sporting games or picnics. This whole quilt was made purely out of

old denim jeans, with cotton-poly backing. She pieced each square of denim together, and she

handsewed the whole border. Her mother, which is my grandmother, helped her tie the quilt. It

took her about 3 or 4 months to complete the whole project. She made it because she didn’t want

the jeans to go to waste and she had seen others make quilts similar to it. She loved their designs

and thought it would be a good project for herself. Kristin doesn’t quilt much and was a

newcomer, so this was a first. However, she was very pleased with how the whole thing turned

out. It washes super well, which was something she wanted to make sure it would be compatible

for, since she knew that her kids would often be using it and it would be outside very often.

Overall, she really enjoyed the process and uses the quilt often.

Kaitlyn Wendel

“Pansy “

Origin of the design: early 1900’s

Use of design principles and elements: handstitched

Fiber content of fabrics and of batting: cotton poly batting & cotton fabric

Size:102” by 80”

Category (pieced or appliqué) single piece front, single piece back

When it was made: 1990’s

Name of maker: Gertrude Keding

Who it was made for: Jason and Audrey Wendel

A few facts about the maker: Gertrude went by Trudy, she made at least 13 quilts for 

people in our family.

Interesting facts about the quilt itself:  It was made 20 years ago as a wedding present 

for my parents, and though it is handsewn, and gets used a lot, it has held together 

really well.

Ciena Woods

“The Woods”

I call this quilt “The Woods,” because it has each member of the Woods family. This quilt was made in 2008 by a lady named April Mitchell who was a family friend and neighbor at the time. She made it up all by herself and did not use a pattern for this quilt which i think is so impressive and unique. 

April made it for our family at the time because she was grateful for our family and

things we’ve done so she wanted to do something special for all of us. It is important to my family because a lot of work went into it and it has our whole family on it. It has every member of my family on it, picture and name as they were in 2008. It also has our last name embroidered on in the center of the quilt, “The Woods” which goes along with the trees she did around it.

The size of this quilt is 60x60 including fencing around it for a border, houses were for the blocks, people in the house. The fabric is 80% cotton, 20% polyester while the batting was called warm and natural thin 80/20 poly cream. It has both pieced and appliqué throughout this quit- the houses and fences are pieced and the people themselves are appliqué.

Marinda Young

Heirloom Quilt 

This is my beautiful heirloom quilt that my talented grandmother, Joyce B. Larson, sewed for me. My grandmother has made it a life time goal that every time one of her grandchildren gets baptized, she would give each of them a quilt she sewed. My grandmother makes each quilt specifically for each of her grandchildren to match their personalities. 

This heirloom was made in 2007 and was given to me in 2008. When my grandmother started this tradition she had the brilliant idea of taking pictures of each quilt she would give away and paste it in a scrapbook. This scrapbook was specifically tailored to the quilts made for each baptism. She would write the date of the baptism, the name of the grandchild, and a little description of why she chose that quilt for the grandchild. My grandmother has grown up sewing. She is quite talented with not only a needle and thread, but with cooking, painting, gardening, canning, puzzles, etc. I am proud to call her my grandma.  

This quilt is a twin size that was made with cotton fabric. She made this with a lot of scraps she had organized by color in her closet. She organized similar colors and patterns, arranging them into a beautiful quilt. I will forever be grateful for this quilt. This quilt will hold a special place in my heart for the rest of my life. I feel extremely blessed to have the grandma I have.