Fall Family Heirloom Find

For the past year CollectInTexas Gal has been mostly about my

 Family Tree through Tracks of My Texas Ancestors,

Ancestry.com Research and a

Photo Album Scrapbook.

 

With the First Scrapbook finished and the second on on the back burner

at least until after Christmas.

 

It is time to get back to

CollectInTexas Gals Collections.

Let's start with a

Fall Family Heirloom Find.



Thank you Maime for this exquisite, beautifully crocheted tablecloth. Although, it was meant for your daughter Kate and probably her descendents, of which I am not one, I will treasure it for the Family Heirloom it was surely meant to be. 

According to the note that was folded in the tablecloth along with the pattern, this was the second one that you made.  How incredible is that!  What a special gift to Vivian and to Kate, who by all indications, must have passed it on to one of her descendents.   This I know, Mamie, from the research I did on Ancestry.com which I was able to find because of the documentation of names in the note.  Thankfully, one of your descendents wanted  your crocheted legacy to endure. 

Although, the note is not dated, I was able to date the pattern back to the 1930's when Sears, Roebuck and Co. offered Hearthside Crochet Cotton and Pattern Booklets in their Catalog.  This time frame fit with yours and Kate's Ancestry Timelines, too. 

Maime, it is now the Fall of 2012.

I thought you would want to know that some Eighty years later your

Hearthside Heirloom Crocheted Tablecloth

is as beautiful and perfect as they day you gave it to Kate.

Found at a Chrisitan Thrift Store that takes donations with all proceeds to the needy.

  This donated from an Estate Sale.

Thank-you Maime, your Crocheted Tablecloth adorns my dining room table

and is now my

Treasured Fall Family Heirloom Find.