Real Treasure!

One day back in the fall Christon called from work. A lady she worked with was moving her Mother into an assisted living village. She was down-sizing and selling her home. She wanted to know if I'd be interested in some sewing things. Material, thread, buttons etc. etc. So I said yes and we went over that afternoon. I was not prepared for what I found when I got there! I though I had a collection of sewing things!?! But, I was wrong. This woman had a life time of sewing supplies. More that her years supply, more like a ten year supply! In her garage there was a wall unit stacked to the ceiling with bins of fabric. Organized by colors, may I say that I was so very overwhelmed. The orders were to take all I wanted. I came away with 4 of the 25 bins of fabric. (you might need to know I did get the bin of black fabric, my favorite color) I got all kinds of other things too about 10 small organizational boxes of rick rack, zippers etc. etc. As we were picking things out and loading things up this woman wanted us to take any thing else we saw that we wanted. There on the floor was a stack of blankets. My eye spotted this homemade quilt. I asked about it and she said take it. I said, "are you sure this looks hand made." She said "it is, My mother made it for my dad when he was in college. It's his alma mater." I'm like this is an heirloom. She said, "no, take it. My mother made so many quilts that we couldn't possibly keep all she ever made. We've got all the ones we wanted." So I snatched it up. It is thin and all stitched by hand. I think it is a treasure! It has become Harry's favorite! Look how old it is! 65 years old. I love it and it's the best free give away I've ever gotten. Wouldn't you agree. I went for some old fabric and came home with a real treasure! Picture above and a close up of one of the letters below.