My quilting heritage...

I am a Quilter (with a capital Q.) I am. I used to be a wannabe quilter, but I think I have enough stash to call myself a Quilter now.  Haha! (In all honestly, I am nowhere near stashed up like some quilters out there!) I've made a few quilts - mostly wall hangings - over the years, but now I'm ready to tackle some bigger projects.

I've noticed lately that I dream about block layouts. That's a sign of something, isn't it?

My quilting heritage is small: One quilt... made for me by my great-grandmother on my father's side. A little baby quilt:

I won't mention just how old it is. But... it's OLD!!!

The little animal print is so faded, but it's super cute.

She tied each square with it's own color yarn.

I asked my mom if I was super attached to this quilt, and she said no. I do remember some embroidered animals on a baby quilt, and I guess that was a quilt my great-grandmother made for my brother... so that was nice that she made each of us a quilt.

I asked my grandma if my great-grandmother quilted a lot. No, she didn't. I asked my other grandma if she ever quilted. Nope.

My husband's grandma quilted... she made baby blankets for my children. They are treasures to me.

My grandma's neighbor was a quilter... does that count? She tried to help me get started years ago. The problem was that I lived two states away, and I didn't know any other quilters. That was back before I had internet, so I didn't have online help, either. I'm not even sure quilt blogs existed back then!

I discovered quilt blogs last fall when a friend sent me a link to a blog that had a picture of quilt pattern she was making. From there - you know how you end up blog hopping - I discovered all the blog friends that have helped me make the leap into quilting. (They don't know that we're friends... I just quietly read their blogs.)

I have friends in my neighborhood that are quilters. They've helped me along these last few months as I've worked on learning the art of quilting.

So, that's my quilting history. I think it's fair to say I'm a first-generation Quilter in my family... at least as far as I know. I hope to get my daughters to quilt... maybe even my mom!

As for the title of my blog... I don't yet have a basket full of quilts, but I hope that it won't be long until I do. When I was at a friend's house and saw the basket of warm quilts in her tv room (and snuggled under one while we watched movies), I just knew I needed that cozy feeling in my own home.

So I decided to become a Quilter.