A life story stitched, wrapped up, and folded into a memory quilt. →

I had a friend cut the cloth items in the chest into small pieces in various shapes and used something from all of the pieces. They were sewed into a large rectangle and then I had a lining put in and had them made into a quilt.

Being able to remember some of original items the quilt speaks to me. The pieces I knew nothing about have their own message. The finished quilt now is an important keepsake.

The best life story or scrapbook sometimes doesn’t come in spoken words and in this example the story came out of a cedarchest. These type of chests have been referred to as a hope chest, also called dowry chest, hope chest or, trousseau chest. There purpoe was in some casses to serve as a piece of furniture traditionally used by unmarried young women to collect items, such as clothing and household linen, in anticipation of married life.

One of the greatest benefits of a cedar chest is that cedar wood serves as a natural deterrent against moths and other pests.