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Beverly Great Idea !!!! mirjam

Ps any left over pieces would surely be useful for embroidering , applique etc !!! mirjam

I've said it before but your MIL was so lucky to have such a wonderful DIL as you. Truly she was blessed.

BEI Design wrote: So now these two blouse will continue to be a

What a great idea! You'll really enjoy having them close to you.

What a wonderful way to keep the family memories. Your MIL would be so proud of you. As my parents age, their fear is that all their stuff will be thrown out. We are happy to keep anything that comes our way as we feel it is so important to have some keepsakes of our family for our daughter. Your family will thank you for it too.

I will now look at family items in a completely different way and think about adaptive use of items, rather than have them being unused.

Great idea!!! You will definitely have to share pictures when you get them done. That's a lovely way to reuse them. Too, if anyone in the family wears scarves, there might be enough in the sleeves to do a rolled hem and make a thin scarf.

Sharon

Oh, yeah....

I have some biscuit-quilted pillows that my gramma made (she sewed a LOT) and I remember some of the dresses she made us>

Thanks, and yes it will be a very nice reminder of a very special person. She loved me unreservedly and I don't remember a single time when she offered me unsolicited advice about child-rearing, or cooking, or caring for her DS. ;-)

I was close to my own mother as a child, but we battled like cats-n-dogs during my teen years. Fortunately, we reconciled and had five great years together before she died way too young.

Beverly

It's a mixed blessing, as my DMIL was one of two children, DH was an only child, we had just two daughters and (so far) I have only two grandchildren. In addition, my DMIL married a man who had three children, none of whom have any children of their own. There are an awful lot of keepsakes funneling down to just two kids. Can you say: Four sets of wedding china, three sets of sterling flatware, two complete silver coffee services, dozens of pieces of spectacular cut-glass,

Great, re-purposing may be the start of a whole new trend for family treasures.

Beverly

Thanks! The throw pillows are down the list of sewing projects, but I will take pictures eventually. And after taking another look, I think I'll make covered buttons to replace the ones on the blouses when I make the pillows.

Beverly

I was the lucky one. I honestly do not recall a single cross word passing between us, and she NEVER imposed her views unsolicited. I kidded my DH for years that I married him to get *her*!

Beverly

You are doubly blessed. Of course, it could be that you are a pleasant person to have around and exhibit good judgment, etc., leaving nothing for a MIL or even a mother to get upcited about - but that couldn't possibly be the case, could it?

Yes, I really was!

You must be thinking of another Beverly!

Dang, the shoe I threw at your head missed by this >< much. ;->

Beverly

What a wonderful way to keep a momento of your DMIL!

-Irene

I am proud to be the one that keeps Beverly firmly rooted to the reality of the Universe as it really is. ;-)

Not that I need anything *more* to remember her by, I am surrounded by her lovely things. But it will be nice to put those two blouses to good use.

Beverly

Department of redundancy calling for you on line two.... and three... and four....

Beverly

Two pillows will be wonderful to show off the beauty of the fabric, as well as something to memorialize your dear MIL. You are very fortunate to have had one, I was not so fortunate, since she lost her fight with cancer when my ex- was only 7 years old. Emily

How very sad for you Ex. My mother died when I was 31, and my older DD who was five remembers her maternal grandmother vividly. My younger DD was just six months old and of course has no memory of my DM at all. But they both had an extraordinary grandmother in my DMIL.

Beverly