Admiration: The Finishing Touches

My January Take It Further challenge has a binding and now the finishing touches will be stitched on. I need only to sew a few large embellishments onto the wall quilt. And I need to make a label.

Most of the buttons on the wall quilt originated from my grandmother’s button collection. Several small packets of buttons came from her Aunt Grace — she had saved these buttons in an envelope, noting where they came from. Since she never used them, I thought it would be lovely to use some of them on this wall quilt.

The stuffed Drummer Boy doll in the lower left corner was a gift to my grandmother back in the late 1960s. The Little Drummer Boy was a favorite holiday tune of mine and one Christmas, I gave her a 5-inch Drummer Boy doll.

A tiny winged angel appears in the upper part of the wall quilt, and it was added as a tribute to the fictional characters my grandmother would tell stories about.

The miniature scrap album was created as a tribute for one of her passions in life — family history and genealogy.

The collage pin was crafted from several found objects and signifies her love of brooches. Most of her jewelry, including her wedding ring set, was passed down to me upon her death.

The bottom photo shows four generations: my grandmother, my mother, me, and two of my sons. My grandmother was holding her second great grandson, Ryan, at 3 weeks of age.

The Admiration challenge was an enjoyable project. I am looking forward to next month’s challenge now.