Inheritance

Some sewing and quilting inheritance stories I wanted to share. First, check out this picture.

Not the hot husband, but the quilt he is snuggled under. You can ignore the toys and socks strewn around by our lovely children. This quilt was just a top until just a few months ago.  This quilt was a quilt top for probably close to fifty years, stowed away in a cedar chest until just a few months ago. My husbands great grandmother pieced it, his grandmother stored it and she gave it to me. I believe it is a queen size. it was way to big for my machine, so I had to hire someone to quilt it. It cane out beautiful. It is a mix up of four patch blocks and double four patch blocks. Okay, so if that wasn't awesome enough, the same grandmother (Nannie S) also gifted me with her sewing machine.

Her husband bought it for her and she sewed all of her daughters clothes on this sewing machine! This gorgeous Singer 401-A Slant-O-Matic is sitting in my home and I use her regularly. Sorry, I can't refer to this machine as an it, she has lived a lifetime. Nannie S had this machine over fifty years. Her arthritis was making it more difficult to sew. She moved in with her daughter and didn't have room for it. I am eternally thankful that she felt I was a worthy enough to pass it down to.
This machine sews the straightest stitch I have ever seen. The motor purrs so smoothly that it puts the house cat to sleep. She can do a double needle. She has over 20 decorative stitches. I can open her up from the top and the bottom to clean and oil every moving metal gear. She came with a sewing cabinet full of vintage notions. Sometimes I swap my mother in law my kids for Nannie S and we mess around on it together. This machine brings me so much joy and I am very proud to have it.