My Mom couldn't even sew on a button. Bless her heart! When I had my hysterectomy in 2003 both Grandmas took turns babysitting me and they knew I'd have to have something to keep me busy and "good" for 8 weeks. My paternal Grandma brought boxes of fabric with her and we picked out what I wanted. Then she and my other Grandma sat beside me cutting out the maple leaf pattern and I'd sew the pieces together by hand. Didn't have a sewing machine in my house at that time. I had no idea how to quilt so had a group of local ladies do it for me. I look at it now and have to laugh because the stem of the leaves were attached by just a straight stitch and the corners of some blocks don't line up. Since then one Grandma has passed on and the other is in the early stages of Alzheimers (sp) so that quilt is even more special to me today. My family knows they can use any of the others in the house but not that one. That's mine and it sure holds a lot of love and special memories. Anytime I snuggle up on the loveseat with it, it's like my Grandmas have their arms around me.
