I was thrilled last week when one of my cousins who has been following the blog, Marianne, posted a photo to FB of a lace apron that she has in her possession:

Hand crocheted apron, pineapple pattern, Collection of Marianne Wilhoite

It was passed down to her from her mother Joanne who received it from her mother Mary. She believes it was made by our great-grandmother Grace. Judging by it’s provenance I’d say she’s probably right. Here is a close up:

Grace’s apron (detail) photos courtesy Marianne Wilhoite

She really did amazing work don’t you think?  Considering how long it took me to do each of the individual medallions for the quilt I can’t imagine the hours involved in completing something like this apron.   Though I would image Grace could crochet at a far better clip than I can. I am so pleased that the pattern I found matches this work so closely.

And here is where the work is at the moment:

Chimney Signature Quilt with crocheted trim

I’ve sewn the medallions on the three sides (and only stabbed myself with the needle a few times). Still hemming and hawing a bit about the top because I can’t quite figure out how to hang it if I add them there… And you do see decorative trims left off the top of some quilts traditionally because that’s where the pillows are and the trim is only added on the sides that would hang over the edges of the bed.

I did finally figure out how to attach the medallions to each other (a bit of a ‘duh’ moment). I just chained them together like you would join granny squares together (at least that is how I join granny squares together…). Not sure why I had such a hard time figuring this one out but there you go: