Memories of Grandmother Quilting in Her Rocking Chair
October 18, 2008 by Mary Emma Allen
Filed under Home & Living
When I saw the picture of this rocking chair surrounded by patchwork border, I was reminded of my grandmother and quilting. I learned to quilt with Nanny, who sat in her rocking chair beside the kitchen window.
There she could look out beyond the porch and see what was going on at the barn. She also saw anyone coming up the pathway, from driveway to the house. In summer, she rocked on the porch where she got a greater view of goings on at the farm and around the yard.
Nanny stitched quilt patches in her lap, while I sat in a chair beside her doing the same. Auntie often cut the pieces for us from printed feed sacks and fabrics left over from her sewing.
This is where Nanny made quilts for my sister, brothers and me.
Do you have special memories about a rocking chair or other piece of memorabilia?
(c)2008 Mary Emma Allen
