Grandma's Handiwork

In the process of moving, many items have to be eliminated. 

Some things can be sold, others go to charity, and still others get left by the side of the road to be taken for "free."

When one is downsizing, it's impossible to save every item.

Some things, however, can never be thrown out. 

One of these is a basket of sorts made from various greeting cards that have been sewn together. 

My late maternal grandmother used to make these baskets.  

She mixed Christmas cards with other occasion cards, too. 

They all came together to make very  pretty and attractive pieces of art. 

My basket is many decades old but it's still extremely precious to me.

I can imagine, in my mind's eye, my Polish grandmother selecting which cards she would use, then cutting them and sewing them together with brightly colored yarn.

A basket with bright red yarn has graced three different households throughout the years.

So Grandma's card basket sits on a bookshelf near a very brightly colored cabinet, done by my daughter.

Perhaps the artistic genes are passed down from one generation to another.