My
grandma (Meta) Blackham was an avid quilter.
She always made blankets and quilts for family members. Grandma created the most beautiful quilts and
always sewed by hand. She watched a lot
of M*A*S*H and Murder She Wrote as she worked on the individual quilting
blocks. As a little girl, I would ask
her to put her quilts on display in the Mormon Handi-craft windows. But she said her quilts were not good enough
and she would rather give them to family.
As I
got older, my grandma taught me about sewing.
One day she showed me a pattern of a Sun Bonnet Sue. I was intrigued and she encouraged me to make
one. So I started with the green Sun
Bonnet Sue and then I got an idea to make one for each of the young women’s
values to fulfill one of my YW requirements.
Twenty-four years ago there were only 7 values because virtue had not
been added yet.
Seven
years later, in 1999, my grandma surprised me with a beautiful Sun Bonnet Sue
quilt for a wedding gift. My grandma
spent more time on this quilt than on any other. It is an honor to have this quilt and I
cherish it so much. I lost my grandma in
2004, but a little piece of her still resides in my home with this beautiful
quilt.
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