My father had a quirky sense of humor.\u00a0 Everyone\u00a0 called my mother’s mother “Big Mother”\u00a0 ( although she was tiny).\u00a0 So my father taught us to call his mother “Big Fat Mother”\u00a0 ( she was).<\/p>\n
Big Fat Mother made quilts.\u00a0 She made them from remnants and printed feed sacks and other material she could aquire.\u00a0 They were utilitarian – to keep her family warm at night – but she still made them pretty.<\/p>\n
When my own mother died, we split up all the quilts from Big Fat Mother.\u00a0 Each of the 4 children got 2 quilts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
My father had a quirky sense of humor.\u00a0 Everyone\u00a0 called my mother’s mother “Big Mother”\u00a0 ( although she was tiny).\u00a0 So my father taught us to call his mother “Big Fat Mother”\u00a0 ( she was). Big Fat Mother made quilts.\u00a0 She made them from remnants and printed feed sacks and other material she could aquire.\u00a0 … Continue reading My Grandmother’s Quilts<\/span>