I'm also doing a Grandmother's Flower Garden for similar reasons - to have something to do with my hands while sitting by the side of the pool during my son's swim practices! Can't just sit there.
I inherited an old GFG quilt when I was a young woman, used the heck out of it, washed it, etc. Until it literally fell apart. Now I'll have a new one!
Thanks for sharing yours, it spurs me on.