My sister-in-law gave us a block with a picture of the temple mod-podged to it.
My old roommate made a block puzzle with a few of our wedding pictures she printed off facebook, also utilizing mod-podge and a lot of time and effort.
My (great-?) aunt on my mom's side made these BEAUTIFUL pillow shams that you exchange out monthly, kind of a seasonal thing.
The picture does NOT do it justice. Seriously, the detail? HOLY WOW. I never in my wildest dreams imagined you could do something like this yourself...
And then there's my grandmother. She's always been a sewing whiz. She used to play April Fool's day pranks with a needle and thread, like sewing towels to racks or sewing grandpa's fly shut so he couldn't wear his pants in the morning. (She always did this weird stitch though that you could just pull it apart and there was no harm done... but it was still funny.) So for a wedding/birthday present she hand-stitched us this BEAUTIFUL quilt...
(Yeah the pillows are crookedy. Get over it...)
I love this. I stared at it and hugged it for a while when I first opened the box it was in. I love it!
My grandma said she hand-stitched THE WHOLE THING. I feel SO BLESSED when I look at all these wonderful things that people took the time to make for Husband and I... These are things I'll treasure for so many years to come.
Which makes me feel really guilty because I really can't do things like this. I'm sure I could do basic block patterns, like the jungle quilt my mom made me before I went to college (another quilt I LOVE) but things like this? The detailed pillow shams, the intricate quilt? What on earth do I have to leave behind for my future children, to make for them? My mom has a quilt from one of her family members before her, and she treasures it.
Hm. This is something to thing about... And definitely inspires me. What are you leaving behind?
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