We are Jackie and Barbara, daughters of Kathlene S. Jones
and granddaughters of Maude Carr. In the
mid 1980s our Mom’s bestfriend, Marie asked if Mom and Grandma would make her a
quilt. Our Grandma was a renowned quilt
maker, all hand done, no machine stitching anywhere. She had quilts that traveled to new owners
from Germany to Alaska.
Grandma wasn’t up to much quilting at that point but Mom
said she would do it in large squares. Grandma helped pick out the material and
pattern and did some of the hand sewing, the majority of the quilting was done
by our mother.
A miscalculation stumped Mom and she put the pieces away
for years. After her death 1 Dec 2012 my sister and I found the squares and
Marie told us the story behind it and we promised to finish it. Marie was
overjoyed, it is a quilt of three generations (she considered our Grandma as
her adopted mother). Unfortunately, we
lost Marie three days later but we have finished the quilt on 15 June
2013. A quilt made in love by three generations
that has a few teardrops tucked into the material.
This is honor of Maude Carr, Kathlene Jones and Marie
Melendez
