Sewing for Peace...My Own!

Anxiety is upon me...physical pain, family anxiety, country anxiety and world anxiety.

In the words of my late Dear Man....."Just Go Sew"....I am calming my soul.

Above is a batik lap quilt basted forever, finished this week.

Below, in our art studio, hangs my African fabric quilt to honoring Black history month

Last show here, I was delighted when it won a ribbon for creativity.

In preparation for our St Paddys party here, I have ordered favors...slap bracelets!!!

From scraps, I have made placemats.  Tomorrow I will give them to two people here who feel sad and blue.

I am blooming where I am planted!!

In one of my many scrap baskets, I found the collar of a shirt I wore 40 years ago.

I must haven admired the machine embroidery. Since I struggle getting rid of anything, I decided, once again, on a potholder.

My potholders sit in a basket by my door....I give them to kind people who work or live here..

Now, to my gratitude list on my phone, and to bed.

I have more peace now thanks to creating

 

The Other Side of the Coin

My quilted scrap pieces are finished into Shamrock hangings...I love how they turned out.

An online order...Irish buttons, arrived today...gleefully..

My girl Is here from Portland....The comfort of family.

She is doing my taxes and I am fiddling with sewing up odds and ends.

She is such a wonderful daughter...

She tried to get dinner, but the battery was dead in my car...
Bad timing as she just arrived yesterday...

.Security here jumped it and then Michael put in a new battery

Grateful me.

A plain ol' bag came free with another bag.  Boring, but iron on patches from 

Missouri Star Quilt Company  made the difference.

This pix is an example from their sale page today.

My sister is coming to visit tomorrow...so bitter sweet since Alexis died Saturday.

I have not seen my sister in months because she was caring for her daughter.

In spite of our sorrow and my awful hip pain...

I feel uplifted. 

That deserved a post tonight!!

Amazing Grace

 My lovely niece, Alexis, age 38, died Saturday just past midnight of an agressive ovarian cancer., a mere 15 months past diagnosis.

We miss her so.  Thank you Hospice.  Alexis was the face of great bravery, as is her mother. xoxoxoxo

The God thing was sent via my sister who never asks for help.  She asked our Stasi to order her a sandwich from Door Dash

The delivery man was 30 min late.  He apologized for the cold sandwich, saying his father was new to this and became lost.

My sister said that that was nothing as her daughter was dying in the next room.

Thirty minutes later the man came back with his teenage son.  They brought flowers and a gift card.

A complete stranger showing us all that there is kindness in the world after all.

Above are my hearts made of scraps.  I ironed them onto fusible fleece.  I quilted them and cut the hearts with my electric Accucutter (one of the nicest treats I have ever recieved from myself)!!

In my grief for Alexis, I am keeping busy by doing the same thing with some green scraps..  I have a Shamrock die as well.

Nothing like creating to soothe the soul.    `

Meantime, in Portland, Oregon, our Aoife makes a snow angel and enjoys winter.

A lovely

 homemade card from Linda Swanekamp...Joy!!!!

AND, today....Happy 16th birthday to our wild and wonderful Lynsey  xoxoxoox

With all life's sorrows, there is still much to be grateful for.

Love abounds.

The Midnight Hour

My scrap Heart quilt is hanging in the art room here.

It is very nice to see it appreciated once again.

Pix is awful, but...quilt is nice

Todays project making:  scrap hearts on my Accucutter.  The scraps were ironed onto fusible fleece.then quilted..more to be revealed

The calming influence of potholders...I only had one left for giving and loving

Japanes Boro box...a delightful gift from a friend...lucky me.

The midnight hour, full of Tylenol pm, I finished the binding for Evan's quilt...He is my dear eldest grandson.

Even though the late night rush delivered the most awful binding of 60 years of quilting...I am putting it in the quilt show anyway.

Very exciting news is that my apartment complex is providing a bus to the quilt show March 7, Friday.

Mostly good things to report tonight..

xo

Small Things with Great Love

My neighbor has a birthday  tomorrow.  Found this fabric piece that looks just like her dog.  With gold sparkly vinyl (from Cousin Ann in London)  I made her a small bag which I have filled with doggie treats...So much fun to make.

More key fobs.  This time I used my Kaffe scraps.

There is nothing like creating to calm the soul.

With my painful arthritis, I struggle to make larger projects.

There are lots of kind folks around here to give things to. I am amazed at how folks who do not sew admire homemade items.

People are actually asking me where I bought these key fobs....because they want one too.

Today my apartment complex drove me and my EOV to the doctor's office for a second opinion on my need for a hip replacement.

This doctor echoed the last doctor....More weight to lose for me..Jeeze Louize.

So, I have decided to keep giving myself weight loss shots and  use my EOV to drive around here and bloom where I am planted.

So missing my youth!!

So glad to be alive!