My grandma has the beginnings of Alzheimer's which is known as dementia plus she has Macular Degeneration not to mention she doesn't hear very well. Despite all of that she is a very independant woman and stubborn as an old mule. She still wants to do the things that physically she can't do. She misses gardening, canning, sewing and reading.
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My grandma will be 90 in December yet she was able to show me how these quilting boards worked. Her mom would hang them from the ceiling and when they stopped quilting for the day the boards were used to roll up the quilts and get them out of the way. My mom remembers helping them make the quilts too.
She remembered that her grandaddy made them. The quilting boards were made by her granddaddy in the late 1800s. Her dad replaced two of the boards when she was younger. They were made with poplar wood and are over 100 years old!
I have my Aunt Mamie's quilting racks. None of her kids wanted to store them and I gladly took them! I may never use them to make a quilt but I love having them knowing that she spent many hours sitting there doing something she loved to do.
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