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Come on, Richie. Take a bite.

Come on, you'll love it. You know Mama wouldn't lie to you now.

That's good.

That's right.

Aunt Rachel, why don't you give him something he likes?

Because Richie needs to try new things.

Strained liver with bacon bits?

Yeah.

Don't listen to them.

You'll love it. Mama loves it because it's so great. It tastes so good.

Get this stuff.

It's a rare condition this day and age to read any good news on the newspaper

page. And love and tradition of the grand design.

Some people say it's even harder to find.

Well, then there must be some magic clue inside these gentle walls.

Because all I see is a tower of dreams. Real love bursting out of everything.

She said you could sell some of it in the garage sale tomorrow.

Put this down.

Great. Judy, go start taking these things out of the boxes.

Eddie, she couldn't use your help.

Sorry, I'm on a break.

You don't see me taking a break.

Well, that's because you're not doing any work.

Why don't you try doing some lifting for a change?

Because I'm the brains and you're the brawn.

Well, the brawn...

won't let you use it.

garage sale.

Three pairs of socks?

No, three socks.

You're trying to buy a VCR and all you can donate are three socks?

And one of them has a hole in it.

Your father won't part with anything, baby.

Oh, that's not true.

Hey, my old tennis racket, you can't sell this.

Mom said we could.

Uh -uh, I may take up tennis again.

Carl, you used that tennis racket once in your life and that was to kill a

cockroach.

Catches, Mitt.

This was my first glove.

Still has the original dirt in it.

Hey, guys, look what I found in the basement.

My old saxophone.

Great, Aunt Rachel. We can get a lot of money for that.

Oh, I'm not selling it. I'm gonna brush up.

I used to play a pretty mean sax.

Rachel, I don't think mean describes it.

Painful, maybe.

Oh, come on, Harriet.

You used to listen to me practice when we were kids.

Oh, yeah.

I'm out of here.

Don't listen to her. I was good.

Still got it.

Well,

we don't want it.

I need a new read. My lip's a little soft, but it'll all come back.

Just like riding a bicycle.

a bicycle over a cat.

There's my ride.

Hey, Ma, where you going?

A bunch of us girls are having a slumber party over at Carletta's house.

In sleeping bags?

Well, we like to sack out on the floor with the windows open and pretend we're

camping.

Well, goodbye, everybody.

Wait, Grandma.

You didn't go through your stuff and tell me what I could sell.

Well, you can sell everything in that box, honey.

Just not the quilt on top.

This? That's it. Everything else is fine.

Thanks, Grandma.

You're welcome, honey. Out with the old, in with the new.

Let me help you with those things. Oh, thank you, honey.

Now, Grandma's the cooperative person.

Let's take a lesson from her and make this garage sale a huge success, okay?

Yeah. You know, you're right.

You've got to give until it hurts.

You can't sell this camera.

with express myself.

Yeah, English sure hasn't been working.

Dad, these people don't understand the concept of a garage sale. You need

inventory. I know, honey. I'll talk to them.

Well, the movie.

Laura, where's all this stuff done back in the living room?

It's raining.

Where else could I put it?

Well, it's the garage sale. How about back in the garage?

Mom, you gotta understand something about retail.

The garage is cold and damp.

People will spend more money in here.

Well, how much have you made so far?

under a tree.

Maybe I'll get lucky and get a picture of some lightning.

lovely tablecloth. That belongs to my grandmother.

She needs money for an operation.

I'll take it.

There's some matching napkins for five dollars extra. She also needs a root

canal.

I see.

Oh, gosh.

Oh, my.

Oh, how much is this?

I'll give you a fair price for it. It's a mistake.

It wasn't supposed to be out here. See, it's my grandmother's, but she doesn't

want to sell it.

How about this blanket?

One owner. Only been on a couple of picnics.

No, thank you.

Look, if your grandmother is willing to part with this beautiful tablecloth, I

don't know why she wouldn't want to sell this quilt if the price was right.

How much do you think it's worth?

I'm not really sure. I'll give you $200 for it.

Have you got a good price for this quilt?

I'm sorry, I really can't. How about $250?

I don't know.

$300. Would you like that gift wrap?

You still haven't found them,

Shirley?

You were wearing them last night at the slumber party.

You should carry an extra pair.

Oh, good luck, hon.

Bye.

Shirley lose her glasses?

No, her teeth.

Sounds like a wild slumber party.

It was.

We were up until about a quarter to ten.

Well, Goodwill just took all the junk they didn't sell.

Of course, I had to tip them five bucks to take the bowling ball lamp.

Oh, that's wonderful.

No one else has junk moved.

You sold $350 worth of napkins?

Actually, what put me over the top was the $300 I got for Grandma's old quilt.

What? Say that again.

Laura, you didn't sell your grandmother's quilt.

Grandma, I know what you told me, but I made enough money to buy VCR and a brand

new quilt. Like you said, I want the old, it want the new. That quilt has

in our family for 200 years. the patches make up our family history it's the

only record we have that quilt is priceless

How you doing, Mom?

I've come through worse things in my life.

You know, we need to cheer up around here.

How about some music?

All right, who took my reed?

I don't know anybody.

Richie, did you take Mama's reed? Come on, Richie.

I've got a whole new box of reeds upstairs.

Oh, no, she doesn't.

I owe you big, Harriet.

Hi, honey.

Any luck tracking down that quilt?

Nope.

I put up flyers. I went to every store.

I knocked on doors.

Nothing.

Laura, you're doing everything you can.

I really let the family down, didn't I?

Sweetheart.

Well, the truth is, you shouldn't have sold the quilt, that's for sure.

But this is a mistake that you're going to have to live with and learn from.

Well, Grandma had to live with it, too.

She told me not to feel bad, but I knew I really hurt her.

I'll find that quilt if it takes me the rest of my life.

Well, Laura, I'm a cop.

And the hard fact is, if you don't find a good lead within at least 24 hours,

chances are you're not going to solve the case.

Hey, you guys.

Wait until you see these pictures I took at the garage sale.

You know, I think I have a real feel for photography.

But what is this one? It's all black.

I forgot to take off the lens cap. Think it better.

And what is this?

My feet.

I was aiming for a cute girl at the garage sale, but I sneezed.

They're getting worse.

Well, look at this one. It's my favorite.

It's a picture of a gorgeous girl leaving the garage sale with nothing. I

it Girl With Nothing.

Little Richie could take better pictures.

Look at this one.

It's a shot of our mailbox.

You see, I was aiming for that lady getting into her car, but the mailbox

got in my way.

This is great.

I'll take this down to the police lab and have them blow it up. Then I can

the license plates and find out who owns the car.

Eddie, I can kiss you.

There. I think you passed.

Oh, what the heck.

I can get a picture of this.

Look, Dad, there it is.

$3 ,000?

Grab it and let's get out of here.

Calm down, Laura, calm down.

Can I help you?

Oh, hello again.

Hi, my dad wants to talk to you.

He's a cop.

You'll have to, uh, forgive her. She's a little upset.

You see, she wasn't supposed to sell the quilt.

So we'll just give you your money back, and you give us the quilt, and we'll

forget about the whole thing.

Well, I'm sorry, but we made a deal.

But $3 ,000, that is some markup.

I'm not an unreasonable person. I'll sell it to you for $2 ,800.

$2 ,800?

Look, I don't have $2 ,800.

Well, we have a terrific layaway plan.

$100 a month, and you get invited to our lecture series on the history of

macrame.

I see something.

This quote is not just any quote. It tells my family's entire history.

Well, honey, you sold it to me.

I didn't know what it was.

My grandmother told me...

I regret it for the rest of my life.

I'm sorry.

I really... You don't understand.

I really hurt my whole family. Please, Miss Nash.

You've got to help me.

I mean, think about it.

When you were a kid, didn't you do something you really wish you hadn't?

Well, yes, everybody has.

Well, that's what this quote is to us.

It's the only way I'll ever know who I am,

where I come from.

Mama?

Laura has something for you.

Here, Grandma. This belongs to you.

I don't believe it. That's wonderful.

Eddie, Judy, come on down here. We got the quilt back.

Carl, how on earth did you ever find it? Well, I didn't do it, Ma.

Laura did.

Oh, I am so relieved to have it back.

We all are.

Mother, I think now is a good time to tell everybody the story of the quilt.

Yeah. Tell us quick before Laura sells it again.

I was waiting for a special time, and I think this is the time.

This quilt was started by your great, great, great, great grandmother, Amy

Rose.

That's six generations back, even before the Civil War.

Amy Rose wanted a record of our family in one place.

It was to be passed down from generation to generation.

each adding something special to it. Each piece of cloth has a special

This was a piece of your great -aunt's wedding dress, right, Ma?

That's right.

And this is Amy Rose's dress that she wore to church

every Sunday morning.

What's this, Grandma?

That's a piece of my daddy's uniform that he wore in France in World War I.

Where's your special patch, Mother Winslow?

Oh, I don't have one yet, honey.

You know, the tradition is that the eldest daughter slows on the patch after

you've passed on.

But you don't have any daughters, Mother Winslow. That's true.

But I'd be so proud to pass it on to you, Harriet.

Thank you, Mother Winslow.

You know, I think I know the perfect...

This quilt.

Where's that?

In Laura's room.

What do you say, sweetheart?

You mean you trust me with the quilt?

Now more than ever.

I never let it out of my sight, I promise.

Until the day I give it to my daughter.

Laura, I love you.

Oh, I love you so much. I love you too, Grandma.