How to make an American Quilt with Winona Ryder. This is a wonderful movie for quilters. The women discuss difficulties of various kinds in their past and help the younger women through trouble deciding who to marry.
Step Mom with Julia Roberts. This movie is on the sad side, the Mom is dying of cancer and she wants to hate her ex-husband's new younger wife, but in the end she decides to get along with her for the benefit of her children after she passes away. The mom makes memory quilts for her children, and you see her sewing, etc.
These are both very good. And if you want a movie to showcase lawnmowers (possibly entertain the husbands the same night the ladies are watching a quilting movie???) The Straight Story with Richard Farnsworth is the best movie of all time for old farts getting up in age. It's a true story too! It's based in Iowa, a 30 minute drive from where I grew up. You see bicycle riders on the RAGBRAI bike ride across Iowa in a few scenes. It's a touching story about getting to the end of life, and resolving problems within families. It's a movie every grandparent should see sometime in their lifetime, and it's a movie young whipper snappers should see to give them an idea of what life will be like when they get there. It's a thoughtful, well written true story.
Oh and then their's Secondhand Lions with Micheal Caine. Another awesome movie for old farts. Full of adventure and it has a wonderful theme.
Last edited by Christine-; 04-13-2012 at 10:19 PM.