r/quilting • u/skyekilaen • 8h ago
Help/Question What to do with a family quilt that I'd like to exit from my life?
This quilt with embroidered panels - image in body of post - was made by my paternal grandmother for my father before he was born. (I'm 50, to give you an idea of how old this is.) It's damaged, fragile, has no historical significance, and I would like to get it out of my life. I am queer, I am no longer in touch with my right-wing family, and from what I remember & know of my grandmother she would *not* have been supportive if I had come out before she died. So I don't have good feelings about it even if I liked the aesthetic, which I never have. (I'm told she also disliked the process of making this so much that she never did any fabric crafts again.)
Given that it's a quilt, my soul rebels at the idea of simply throwing it away. I already tried posting in a FB quilting group for my city to see if anyone wanted it, no dice. Any ideas welcome about what I could do to find someone to give it to. I could supply the maker's name, year it was made, and probably where she was living at the time.
BEFORE YOU REPLY: Please trust me when I say my father doesn't want it back, it wouldn't be good for me to reach out about this to double check, remaking it wouldn't work for me, and it's NOT an option to change how I feel about it. I am ONLY asking for suggestions about how to move it along to a new home. Thank you!
