Recipes & Quilts

Today, has­n’t been the most fun day, actu­ally it was a com­plete stinker!  But some­times a  thought­ful ges­ture sure can help make things feel just a little better. Recipe-Books-

Today my Mum gave me these two pre­cious recipe books and, after a few tears (a lot actu­ally!), I do feel a little bet­ter.   These recipe books are from my Great Grand­moth­er (left) and my Grand­moth­er (right) and, as I’ve been sit­ting going through them this after­noon, it occurred to me that recipe books like these are a lot like quilts.    They’re both made with love and they sure can warm your soul.   Like quilts, recipes made for spe­cial occa­sions can bring a smile to your face and put laughter and love in your heart.

My Great Grand­moth­ers book was giv­en to her in 1938 by my Granny and her young­er broth­ers for Christ­mas.   My grand­moth­er was just 12 years old, I am fairly sure she was already work­ing by that age so prob­ably bought it on behalf of them all (I’ll have to check with her!) Recipe-Books-2

My Granny’s book is mostly hand writ­ten recipes she col­lec­ted over the years.   I’ve been mak­ing a book like this myself and know that only the best of the best recipes go into it.  I ima­gine its the same with my Granny’s book.    My Mum has already asked me to make one of the recipe’s from it.   She told me that Granny used to make this par­tic­u­lar dessert on spe­cial occa­sions.  My Mum told me that she would sneak into the fridge and cut off little slith­ers hop­ing she would­n’t get caught — it must be good to do that and I can­’t wait to try it out!Recipe-Books-3

There’s even a tip for wash­ing blankets with gelat­ine!  I won­der if that works for quilts?Recipe-Books-5

I’m off to find a recipe to make later this week, I need some food for my soul and I just know I’ll find some­thing per­fect from my Great Gran’s and Granny’s recipe books.

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5 thoughts on “Recipes & Quilts

  1. Hi Peta, Sorry to hear you have been hav­ing such a crappy day. One good thing is that tomor­row is a new day and you can start afresh. Hope the rest of the week is much bet­ter for you. I am in awe of your Great Gran’s & your Granny’s recipe books! What a beau­ti­ful piece of fam­ily his­tory to receive, to get to use, and learn from. It is almost like receiv­ing a key to a treas­ure chest of won­der­ful lost skills & know­ledge. Enjoy! Take care, Kelly

    1. Thanks Kelly, that’s very sweet and you are right tomor­row is always bet­ter. It is such a beau­ti­ful piece of fam­ily his­tory and I feel so very lucky its been passed to me to look after. XO

  2. Aww, I hope you feel bet­ter soon­est. Noth­ing like a good dose of love from Granny (and Great Granny) via food (even if you have to make it your­self). I love read­ing through old things like that (even those not from my own fam­ily), they are just fas­cin­at­ing and tell you so much about the times. x x x

  3. These are gor­geous — there is some­thing so spe­cial about look­ing through these pre­cious gifts — the hand­writ­ing, the emo­tion it all evokes and the his­tory you all of a sud­den feel so much a part of. My grandma left me a note­book with all her quilt­ing books and notions, those hand­writ­ten notes and lists and pat­tern amend­ments {!} will forever be a remind­er of who she was — just like this book is a beau­ti­ful piece of your Granny and great Gran’s story. They are so pleased you have it I’m sure. Love, and can­’t wait to sneak dessert with you! xx

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