grann of 6

Isn't it interesting how "we strangers" are not strangers at all, because we share the love of quilting and crafting. We are born with that innate need to do things with our hands. When my DDIL was pregnant with my DGD she was placenta previa and for 3 months was bedridden. So I spent my days taking care of older DGS and keeping her resting and the house in order. Every day I talked into DDILs tummy telling the baby to be patient and stay in there till it was time to come out. Well, she was born 9 days late and was a beautiful baby. I took DGS to visit the first day at the hospital. The nurse put her in my arms and she took her little hand and ran it down the front of me like she was feeling the fabric. The nurse said, "Look how tactile she is, and she recognized your voice." That girl is now 20 years old and has made several quilts, and loves all types of crafting. She tells me she just Has to sew. She taught herself to knit, and has even made clothes for her best friend. Anyway, it thrills me to know that my love of sewing is being handed down to another generation.

I have 2 sets of blocks that need to be sewn together into tops, so that is what I will be doing today. Then I will choose the next project from my accumulated "kits" I have put together in artbins, so everything is there for each project, pattern included. My sewing studio is really quite organized, I have a few bins of scraps that need to be sorted and cut into strips and squares, but a little at a time they will get done.