P is getting big but she has so far resisted the idea of getting a "big girl bed." She does not want to give up her crib. She likes to read books in her crib at night and to stay in her crib long after she is awake in the morning. I thought that she might like the idea of a big bed better if we made a quilt for a big bed.
My Grandmother and her neighbor, Margaret, used to make quilts together for the babies in the family. They made D. this Dresden plate baby quilt when he was born.
Margaret was also the one who helped my mother make "Dutch Girl" blocks using feed sacks as background when she was just a child. My sister, G., now has those blocks. I thought it fitting that I ask Margaret to make the blocks for P's quilt. We have chosen 25 from the blocks she sent and they will be put together with sashing and cornerstones. This is a special family project for me. Though neither my mother nor grandmother lived to meet P., she'll soon be sleeping under a quilt they have both had a hand in creating. I like to picture her sleeping under three generations of love and stitches.
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