Great Family Relics (18 pics)

1

“My great-great-great-great-great-grandmother made this quilt and we’ve been using it ever since.”

2

“My grandmother made this for my great-great-grandparents 58 years ago. It has hung in their house, my great-grandparents’ house, my grandparents, and now it hangs in my first house!”

3

“The terrarium my grandmother made in 1969-1970ish.”

4

“Dress my grandmother designed in 1959 for her 20th wedding anniversary. I wore it yesterday on her 100th birthday!”

5

“120-year-old quilt my great-great-grandmother made around 1900!”

6

“My dad uses my grandmother’s old blender almost every night to make a milkshake.”

7

“The 1950s Piaget bequeathed by my grandmother.”

8

“My grandma passed away in March. One of the few things I have of hers is this ceramic Christmas tree. It was made by her grandmother.”

9

“Wearing my grandmother’s dress from when she married my grandfather in 1956.”

10

“My grandmother’s flower quilt that my grandmother’s hand pieced, my mother’s hand quilted, and I’ve mended many a busted seam.”

11

“My grandmother crocheted me a baby blanket as an infant, and now as an adult, I’ve transformed that blanket into a cocoon cardigan. Grammy’s work still keeping me warm decades later.”

12

“Some pieces handed down from my great aunt that we used at our small family dinner yesterday.”

13

“Supposedly a century-old wooden chair carved with what I believe are unicorns that my mom bought in 1970 on Long Island (USA).”

14

“My great-grandmother’s set from the early 1920s.”

15

“Just opened a Christmas decoration box to find my grandmother’s vintage tiger from the 1950s that I thought was missing!”

16

“My grandmother as a child wearing her great-grandmother’s dress from the 1890s — the dress is now in my possession. My x3 great-grandmother was born in 1841.”