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Heirlooms

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Jackie Paxton Rose is very blessed to have heirloom quilts made by her grandmother, Mollie Franklin Hensley.  






Granny's Box contained a tangible treasure that allowed Jackie to close the gap of time and make a quilt with the grandmother she never knew.  Mollie had made 24 Dutch Doll squares, but never completed the quilt.  Jackie took great joy in assembling these precious heirloom pieces into quilts and presenting them to her brother and sister.



One of the Dutch Doll dresses was pieced together.  Material was precious and nothing was ever wasted! 


In honoring a tradition valued by her grandmother, Jackie shared her first quilt sampler book and the Sampler Quilt she made in a class taught by Polly Reed Taylor at Tennessee Quilts in Jonesborough. 

Jackie now makes 12 to 15 quilts per year and makes them mostly by hand.  Many of these quilts are donated to Isaiah 117 House.  Her favorite patterns are Hexies.  She enjoys teaching others to quilt.  She has even taught small boys and girls who enjoy it very much!  She says it is never too early to learn.  Jackie's goal is to learn to hand quilt as well as her Grandmother Mollie.


Jackie is honoring her grandmother by working hard to pass on the tradition by teaching others to quilt.  She is currently President of the Jonesborough Old Town Quilt Guild, an organization that purposes to keep the art of quilting alive by sharing the tradition with extended community.

 

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