Family Reunion - not doodle related

[BG and Gavin]

In yappy hour Friday I was talking about a big family reunion I was attending today.  There were 950 direct descendents on the invite list and there were nearly 350 attendees.  I spoke of the cousin's quilt that had been made prior.  The pattern is called the Irish Chain.  Each of the original first cousins came up with an idea of how they wished to be represented and a square of the quilt was made for them.  The other squares were filled with things that represented the family as a whole (shamrocks, farm impliments and the like).  I was asked to post a picture of the quilt, so here it is, along with a close up of my father's "square."  It was raffled off in the end to cover expenses and fittingly one of the original cousins won it.  It was on display today.

 

[Jennifer and Jack]

Wow what an amazing quilt, How great to have something like that.

[Jennifer,Chloe & Myla]

That's a pretty special item to have. Love it!

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

I am so impressed.  This is wonderful - too bad you didn't end up with this treasure.

[Sherri, Sophie, Winston, & Kitty]

Wow. That's super cool. I love the idea. I have lots of cousins too. I should propose this for my family! was it made by a family member?

[Leslie and Halas]

That's really great.  Thanks for posting a picture of it.  What a cool idea.

[Linda and Murphy]

Beautiful!

[Nina, Phil, Harlow & Lacey]

What a wonderful idea and what a great memory.

[Donna K & Quincy]

What a great idea and I'm sure the winner is thrilled.

[Jane, Guinness and Murphy]

This is so special....what a wonderful idea.

[F, Calla & Luca]

The quilt is a lovely idea but what a lot of work. A family heirloom begins.