Friday, September 23, 2016
Sometime about 10 years ago, my mother had a quilt top that my grandmother, her mother had made back in the 1940s probably, but had never finished. I offered to find someone to finish it for her. A fellow member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in the Heights, Mrs. Wren Groeschel, was a member of a quilting group, so I asked her if it would be possible for her group to take on this project. And, so they did - they picked out a back fabric, edge tape, and batting and finished it. It was lovely, and my mother remembered the original of many of the squares in the quilt -- a shirt of my grandfather's here, a dress of my grandmother's or hers there -- it gave her great joy to have it finished.
I lost my mother just this past March, and my siblings and I have been going through her things. Just last weekend I got this quilt. Unfortunately, over the last 10 years it has been washed by facility staff or caregivers and many of the squares are missing. So, I was going to try and locate the original quilters to have them restore it. I had a record of who I wrote the check to, and it was Alice Teinert.
I just did a Google search to try and locate Mrs. Teinert, but found this site. My profound condolences on the loss of your mother. Although I never met her, I am pleased to have a small piece of the wonderful stitching that she did and apparently loved so much. I hope that you have many such remembrances among you that will lift you up and strengthen you in the days to come. I pray for comfort and peace for all of you who mourn her.
Regards,
Barbara Szalkowski
