Heirloom Quilts F2020

Shantell Chappell

The quilt I chose is one that my great great grandmother handmade and hand quilted. I really like the designs that are on the quilt, they are sort of a mix between a flower and a sun. This quilt was given to my Grandma Canning and is important to her because her Grandmother handmade it from her old dresses and her sisters clothes that they both had shared together. 

Quilt Name: Wishing Star Quilt

Origin of the design: Original design, My great great Grandmother made it up by herself

Use of design principles and elements: Flower/Sun shapes

Fiber content of fabrics and of batting: Made from old dresses and clothes

Size: Twin 

When it was made: 70+ years ago

Name of maker: Mary MacKay

Who it was made for: Not sure

Why it was made and why it is important to the owner: It is important to my Grandma because it was made by her Grandma and was made from her old dresses and clothes which makes it feel like a part of her is still around.

A few facts about the maker: Loved to make quilts and would draw her designs on paper, newspaper, or anything she could use as a pattern sheet. 

Interesting facts about the quilt itself: Original and would also use cardboard for patterns as well.

Kaitlyn Cope

My grandma has many quilts from her ancestry, one that really stood out to me was a double Irish chain quilt which is 107 x 72. I liked this quilt because it had a contrast of pinks and whites and I loved the diagonal movement across the quilt. 

This quilt was made with polyester and cotton materials with polyester batting. It was pieced together and hand quilted. I love the big flowers that are quilted right in the middle of the squares.

 This quilt was given to my grandma from her grandma Hannah Measom. This was given to her when she graduated in 1972. My grandma said that she would make these for every grand daughter that graduated, which equaled to be 28 quilts. The way that she would make these quilts would be from worn out clothes from her kids and husband. She grew up in the great depression and lived on a farm and had no fabric, so she would use worn out clothes to make new clothes for her family. My 

grandma said that sewing and quilting was one of her favorite activities to do. When she was ready to quilt, she would get together with her sisters and they would all quilt together. My grandma said that was her favorite thing to do with her sisters. 

This picture is a picture of my grandma’s quilt (the bottom middle pink one) and her three sisters quilts with it. These quilts are special to my grandma and her sisters because of the meaning and hard work that has gone into these quilts. 

Megan Olson

Family Heirloom quilt
Quilt Name: Temple marriage quilt
Origin of the design: white silk fabric with a cotton batting 
Use of design principles and elements: The Manti temple, hearts, flowers, leaves, and diagonal lines.
Fiber content of fabrics and of batting: White silk fabric with a cotton batting.
Size: 8’x8’
Category: pieced 
When it was made: 1996
Name of maker: Quila Byrom 
Who it was made for: My parents, Brandon and Alisa.
Why it was made and why it is important to the owner: It was made for my parents as a gift for their marriage and it's important to them because it just signifies the importance of a temple marriage and their beliefs. It is especially important to my dad now that my mom has passed on. 
A few facts about the maker: Quila is a renown quilter and she has a really nice quilting machine. She is my grandma’s sister and is one of the most genuinely nice people you will ever meet. She also made another quilt for my dad and my stepmom when they got married. They were married in pine valley on a farm so instead of a temple she did a design of pine valley.
Interesting facts about the quilt itself: The temple on the quilt is a signification of where my parents were married which is the Manti temple. 

Cicely Smith

I asked my grandpa if he had any quilts that I could use for this assignment and he said the he had one the came to mind, but he didn't know if I would want to use that one because of how old, dirty, and used it is.  I said that whatever worked for him was fine for me.  He contacted his sister and asked if she had any and she said that she had a few.  The one that she lent to me was made over 60 years ago by my great great aunt Sophia Day.  She made it in her 80s to give to my great aunt for her wedding day, but since she was so old she was never able to finish it which is why it is still just a top today.  She made it in her small farm home in Cove, Utah.  She learned to sew very early on because she married into a family of nine children. The quilt is 78x82 inches and made for cotton fabric.  The pattern name is called Lone Star.  This pattern was first used by the Native Americans and represents a lot of different things but mostly honor and generosity  It is diamonds pieced together to made a star shape.  Sometimes there are variations and there can be little stars around the big one in the center.  Other times there are special borders or designs, it just depends on the quilter and what look they are gong for.  It is used a lot today for different things but it is one of the most known types of quilts by Americans.  It takes a while to made because it is pieced together.  Something interesting about this quilt in particular is the it was made on a treadle sewing machine where you had to power it yourself by pushing the foot back and forth with your own foot.

Maddi Wall

Both of these quilts were made for me by my Grandma Merrill.  She made two quilts for each of her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren (she had 10 children and at the time her death she had 32 grandchildren, and 33 great-grandchildren); both of them were baby quilts, one for a boy and one for a girl  that way, we all have a baby quilt no matter what gender.  Fun fact about my blue quilt:  Grandma gave my parents a very similar blue quilt for me when I was born and I loved o it until it was literally in pieces (Grandma made a new one for when my little sister came along), and Grandma took that same pattern and material to make the blue one I have now.

I guess both quilts don't have a name to them, Grandma just made them for my future kids.  They were made in my Grandma Merrill's house in Murray Utah.  They are both simple quilts, the onlyting about them that someone would be interested in (without knowing the significant value) is the edging she put anthem- the little triangles on the edges- and the knots she tied in the yellow and the cloud quilting she did for the blue.  I am not sure what type of fabrics or batting she used for them, and with her already gone I am unable to ask.

They're both baby quilts- not specific bed size.  Nothing is appliqué about them, so I would say that they are pieced, specifically for the triangle edges.  I'm not exactly sure when Grandma was able to finish them for me.  She saw that I loved the bunny one, and so she waited until I was old enough to love it and she made a new one for my future daughter- I guess it could also be for a boy.  Both of my quilts are pretty gender neutral.

My amazing Grandma was wheelchair bound the entire time I new her due to police when she was an infant.  Nonetheless, she made her way around her house and did many amazing things for people everywhere around.  along the quilts she made for her family, she also made one for every new baby in her ward, and she also made hundreds, provably thousands of quilts for Primary Children's Hospital.  She cooked and canned everything she could thin of and had an incredible food storage and handed out food to whoever asked.  Grandma would tell the funniest, most intriguing stories, and ALWAYS made my ear infections/broken bones/any other type of bad day fade away.

The quilts are nothing special- no one is going to look at them and be inspired to go quilt- except me.  Grandma didn't teach me to sew or quilt, I know the she would've loved to.  However, taking this class has taught me that I can still connect with my grandma; I know that sounds cheesy, but it's true.  I'm very grateful for the forced time I've allowed myself to just sit and create something that she would have adored.  I'm very quickly learning that I love it, and I'm able to see the excitement she got from it.  I didn't know the impact this class would have n me, but I'm so incredibly grateful for it.

Shanae Young

The quilt I decided to write about for my Heirloom Quilt Assignment is my mom's (Julie) quilt.  I chose to represent her quilt with a picture she has of her quilt from her wedding.  The picture depicts it perfectly since it was on the day she received it from her mother (Darlene) on her wedding day November 12, 1987.  Something that I thought was interesting was the Picture that is on display my mom had cross stitched it for herself and my dad for their wedding day and she didn't know that her quilt she would receive from my grandma had been pretty similar in design and color.  Not only did my grandma made the quilt because it was a tradition but she did it with love.  My grandma had used an appliqué print of flowers and leaves.  Once it was on the quilt she used liquid embroidery paint for each block, by using a Tri Chem.  My grandma used 100% cotton for the material and for the batting was a puffy cotton that was used back in the day.  After my grandma finished painting the blocks and putting it together she would take it to her work and the ladies she worked with helped hand stitch it other breaks and sometimes their lunches.  I am amazed at the work they had done on this quilt.  It would have taken a lot of tie and effort to get it painted.