My maternal grandmother, Cillar Bellah, lived with us when she died (I was three) She had an old trunk that had my grandfather's papers in it. When grandma died, mom also put some special little things of grandma's in the trunk. While I was still at home, when my mom was feeling blue, she would go through the things in the trunk and tell me the stories about them. One item was a perfume bottle. When Cillar's parents married in 1863, her father gave her mother a bottle of perfume as a wedding gift. It is a small cut glass bottle with a tall green glass plume on the top. When I married, my mother gave this bottle to me. It is displayed front and center in my china closet! My mother was a very talented seamstress, making clothes for many of the ladies in town, as well as their children. She also quilted and crocheted. She made her patterns out of brown paper sacks, holding them up to the person and cutting them out to fit. When I was a kid, before school started, she would hand me the Sears & Roebucks, Spiegel and Aldens catalogs and tell me to pick out what I wanted for school. She would make whatever I wanted out of flour sacks. ANYWAY, she always had a quilt in the frame. She would use the clothes we had outgrown to make the quilt blocks out of. I have 10 brothers and sisters and she made each of us a quilt as a wedding gift. I have never used mine (All Around the World pattern) - it is displayed on a quilt rack. But it is fun when we visit each other to go down memory lane with our quilts. "Oh, that's the dress I wore when..." And, speaking of new heirlooms, when I was a teenager there was a new Fred's Dollar Store in town. I decided to start my hope chest and my favorite color was blue. Fred's had blue carnival glass and I would use my allowance to buy a few pieces every week. I have EVERY piece you can imagine. I know I paid 50 cents each for the glasses, can't remember the rice of the rest, but do you know how expensive this stuff is in the antique shops now? This is also displayed in my china cabinet, as well as the china and crystal that I bought one piece per week at the grocery store - you know where you buy $5.00 worth of groceries and get a piece for $.89 or some such (well, then, anyway.) I used the china and blue carnival glass to serve dinner for my first wedding anniversary in 1975. On my 25th anniversary, I pulled it all out and served the same dinner and had to tell my kids all about it again. I just hope it means as much to them as it has to me! Peggy

I remember my mother making my sister and I dresses out of flour sacks with matching panties. She also made a coat for my brother by making her own pattern. Thanks for reminding me. Loretta ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cannady" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2002 11:14 AM Subject: [MORIPLEY] RE: [MO-OREGON-HISTORY] new topic/HEIRLOOMS > > > My maternal grandmother, Cillar Bellah, lived with us when she died (I > was three) She had an old trunk that had my grandfather's papers in it. > When grandma died, mom also put some special little things of grandma's > in the trunk. While I was still at home, when my mom was feeling blue, > she would go through the things in the trunk and tell me the stories > about them. One item was a perfume bottle. When Cillar's parents > married in 1863, her father gave her mother a bottle of perfume as a > wedding gift. It is a small cut glass bottle with a tall green glass > plume on the top. When I married, my mother gave this bottle to me. It > is displayed front and center in my china closet! > > My mother was a very talented seamstress, making clothes for many of the > ladies in town, as well as their children. She also quilted and > crocheted. She made her patterns out of brown paper sacks, holding them > up to the person and cutting them out to fit. When I was a kid, before > school started, she would hand me the Sears & Roebucks, Spiegel and > Aldens catalogs and tell me to pick out what I wanted for school. She > would make whatever I wanted out of flour sacks. ANYWAY, she always had > a quilt in the frame. She would use the clothes we had outgrown to make > the quilt blocks out of. I have 10 brothers and sisters and she made > each of us a quilt as a wedding gift. I have never used mine (All > Around the World pattern) - it is displayed on a quilt rack. But it is > fun when we visit each other to go down memory lane with our quilts. > "Oh, that's the dress I wore when..." > > And, speaking of new heirlooms, when I was a teenager there was a new > Fred's Dollar Store in town. I decided to start my hope chest and my > favorite color was blue. Fred's had blue carnival glass and I would use > my allowance to buy a few pieces every week. I have EVERY piece you can > imagine. I know I paid 50 cents each for the glasses, can't remember > the rice of the rest, but do you know how expensive this stuff is in the > antique shops now? This is also displayed in my china cabinet, as well > as the china and crystal that I bought one piece per week at the grocery > store - you know where you buy $5.00 worth of groceries and get a piece > for $.89 or some such (well, then, anyway.) I used the china and blue > carnival glass to serve dinner for my first wedding anniversary in 1975. > On my 25th anniversary, I pulled it all out and served the same dinner > and had to tell my kids all about it again. I just hope it means as > much to them as it has to me! > > Peggy > > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Thank you for this beautiful story. Geri --- Cannady <[email protected]> wrote: > > > My maternal grandmother, Cillar Bellah, lived with > us when she died (I > was three) She had an old trunk that had my > grandfather's papers in it. > When grandma died, mom also put some special little > things of grandma's > in the trunk. While I was still at home, when my mom > was feeling blue, > she would go through the things in the trunk and > tell me the stories > about them. One item was a perfume bottle. When > Cillar's parents > married in 1863, her father gave her mother a bottle > of perfume as a > wedding gift. It is a small cut glass bottle with a > tall green glass > plume on the top. When I married, my mother gave > this bottle to me. It > is displayed front and center in my china closet! > > My mother was a very talented seamstress, making > clothes for many of the > ladies in town, as well as their children. She also > quilted and > crocheted. She made her patterns out of brown paper > sacks, holding them > up to the person and cutting them out to fit. When > I was a kid, before > school started, she would hand me the Sears & > Roebucks, Spiegel and > Aldens catalogs and tell me to pick out what I > wanted for school. She > would make whatever I wanted out of flour sacks. > ANYWAY, she always had > a quilt in the frame. She would use the clothes we > had outgrown to make > the quilt blocks out of. I have 10 brothers and > sisters and she made > each of us a quilt as a wedding gift. I have never > used mine (All > Around the World pattern) - it is displayed on a > quilt rack. But it is > fun when we visit each other to go down memory lane > with our quilts. > "Oh, that's the dress I wore when..." > > And, speaking of new heirlooms, when I was a > teenager there was a new > Fred's Dollar Store in town. I decided to start my > hope chest and my > favorite color was blue. Fred's had blue carnival > glass and I would use > my allowance to buy a few pieces every week. I have > EVERY piece you can > imagine. I know I paid 50 cents each for the > glasses, can't remember > the rice of the rest, but do you know how expensive > this stuff is in the > antique shops now? This is also displayed in my > china cabinet, as well > as the china and crystal that I bought one piece per > week at the grocery > store - you know where you buy $5.00 worth of > groceries and get a piece > for $.89 or some such (well, then, anyway.) I used > the china and blue > carnival glass to serve dinner for my first wedding > anniversary in 1975. > On my 25th anniversary, I pulled it all out and > served the same dinner > and had to tell my kids all about it again. I just > hope it means as > much to them as it has to me! > > Peggy > > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion > online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com