Special Heirloom Quilts The blocks in this heirloom quilt were hand pieced by my great, great grandmother who was born in 1880.  My grandmother assembled the quilt top with navy hexagons and started hand quilting it. She wasn’t able to finish it and passed it on to me.    She was a little concerned about choosing navy, but I love it.  The navy makes all the bright colors pop. Many of the fabrics in the quilt are from my grandmother’s clothes when she was a little girl.  She shared many of her childhood pictures where she was wearing a shirt or dress that is now in the quilt.  It is…