Granny's Quilt in The Making

My great Granny is the doll that got me sewing in the first place. When she could no longer live alone I was given her 1954 Singer sewing machine. My second sewing machine, but definetly the most important to me. I was about eight when I got my very first, but it wasn't a big deal then. I was eight, c'mon! Buy me the new Brat doll or something, ya know? Anyways... with as close as me and her had become before she got ill I wanted to use it. To have that piece of her. At that point in time I was making a skirt with my Grandma Gail (Granny's daughter). I got most of it done at her house, but took it home to hem the bottom. Wanting to test the sewing machine I got it out of it's huge case and plugged her in. Sure enough, she worked like a beau. I was in love. Oddly enough, the fact that it even smelled like her was nice. She was moved to an assisted living place and did great for a long time. After a while her dimensia began to get really bad and she could no longer even live in a place like that. She needed supervision all the time. Just a week ago she was moved to a nursing home, but a few days later had to be taken into immediate care. We were told she would never be the same. Which we were used to, but at least before we had a good day on occasion. You just never knew. Through the sickness she has lost an immense amount of weight and some of her old sweaters no longer fit. I took them and decided to make a quilt out of them. And maybe just maybe they will bring a little bit of her back...

It's no where near finished, but I thought I'd share my progress so far.