daughter Lottie.
Back earlier in the month I showed you some of my brown and white English Ironstone collection. I promised I'd show you what inspired me to begin collecting it...*VBS* I'm quite late in doing so, but here it is..*S*
Great Grandma Mary's chamber pot. These sets had a large water pitcher and usually a covered slop jar with a handle. I don't know if she had the entire set or not. This is what survived and was given to me by Gram Lottie. When I was in my 20's and didn't know better, I had an English Ivy planted in it. Now it just lives at my house. Not sure if I showed you this little quilt or not. It's one from years ago, and the Minature Quilt magazine. Machine pieced, hand quilted.
And here is the small progress on the scrap triangles. I've gotten more blocks done, and a few more sets of 4 joined up. This isn't a final arrangement, I just pinned them to a quilt in my hall way for the picture. I've had a couple of busy days, and have a couple more and then it'll be all quiet around here for awhile and I can sew!! 
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21 comments:
What a great inspiration for your collection -- Grandma would be proud *s*
You are just hummin' along with your blocks. Great to see you having some fun sewing again.
Dear Finn, I just love visiting you. You have a warm welcome in my heart. It just happens that I posted a picture of my Grandma today too...my Moms Mother. Your brown Ironstone is lovely. Everytime I see it I think of you now...smile. The chairs we recently bought for our living room....well the decorator gal..REALLY likes them and said to me, you don't think these were hand carved do you? I said...well, yes. she gives me an amused look and said..these are made by using resin molds. Who would know that but an interior dec. person? She's very nice though and I love her suggestions. Gotta run, hope you have a very special day with your purring cat and your oh-so-lovely quilts.
What a beautiful lady. She appears to have such a tiny frame. That's the things about pictures, most people don't realize their value until many years have past.
How nice to have something she owned - so often things from previous generations are sadly lost - the blocks are coming along nicely
What great hourglass blocks these are turning out to be. As we know, scrappy is truly the best. I just don't understand quilters that say they can't do scrappy or that it takes something special to do it. Maybe it does - and the something special is to just draw the fabrics sight unseen and be willing to sew anything and everything together without second guessing. I'd guess that would be hard for anyone who is a control freak - except for the fact that I'm a control freak and I love doing just that.
Thank you so much for sharing the story of your Great Grandmother. Mementos like that are so very precious.
Oh Finn...what a lovely picture. You are so lucky to have it..but you already knew that. :o)
The Ironstone is lovely. I don't believe I've ever seen anything like that out on my antique quests. I'll have to keep my eyes open for it now! :o)
What a wonderful family piece to have wound up with!!!
You are really cooking on your triangle piecing!!!! wtg!!
Family heirloom are great gifts from the past. I am just finding out how important they are with the death of my mom,
Your Great-Grandma looks like a very special lady. Love the chamber pot. I used to think they made great flowerpots too. :)
So glad to see you piecing again.
Good going, Finn. It has been hard to get much block playing done with a busy week planned. Love those scrappies!
I love to hear stories about your family. I need to get my scanner set up so I can scan some of my older family photos.
I love your mini quilt. You've inspired me to finish my Christmas mini quilt.
Nice little mini quilt... and great progress on the scrap triangle one too!
You make me wish I had pictures of my grandfolks. :)
Your mini looks great with the ironstone...I think I made those blocks too at one point!
Siobhan
cool chamberpot. those triangles are bright and happy.
enjoy checking in and seeing what you are up to...another fabulous mini quilt and of course those blocks are terrific!
I remember that magazine. I used to buy it although I never made anything from it. I, too, have a family heirloom chamberpot but it is one of the serviceable type made of pottery. Nothing near as pretty as yours. I am so glad the internets allowed me to check up on several blogs this morning.
I just noticed in your profile that we like similar music and literature. And quilting!
That's a wonderful piece to have handed down to you. No wonder you started collecting! How wonderful that you have an actual picture of her. Did she leave a journal or diary behind? So many women did in those days. I always wished that one of my ancestors had.
The brown ironstone is lovely and I just love seeing old family photos posted. Such history there!
Your quilts are always a delight...
Very nice indeed. Love the triangles coming along. It's nice to have things to remember people by isn't it?
Dearest Finn... you are such a dear new blogger friend.. Thanks so much for your quilting encouragement. Have a great day will Ebby..
I loved that! We are lucky to have a beautiful blue and white chamber pot from my DH's Great Grandma.
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