A Day in our Lives...

No, Dylan, six is too young to sew...Well...OK!!!

He put his hands on my hands and off we went.

He is so thrilled to have sewn a seam, like his brother and sister have done..

All done..snipped, washed, labeled and put into the closet for someone special.

 This scrap log cabin was made from random 1.5 inch strips.  I loaded my Little Blue travel sewing machine into a Walmart cooler on wheels.. I added a number of odd 3 inch square red scraps and a big bag of scrap strips. With no fuss, measuring, messing etc, I wrapped those strips around the square...The squares took a long relaxing time as I only sewed on them at Bees or Sit and Sews...
I sized them, sewed them and voila..my favorite type of scrap quilt, no measuring required.

 Finished...my first nursing home, knee replacement quilt.
I have enough of that random jelly roll to make 3 more...Again..this is made from a bag of 2.5 inch random scrap strips. The jelly roll has then been cut into this size with lots left.

 Its zebra backing..

Wing Haven summer camp...worms, bugs and birds!!
Dirt and so much fun...

And..a few helpful posts...
Recovering addict gives his side of the story.

I found this article..that tells it like it is...

Anticipatory Grief and more
And, this:
Innocent Victims of Drug Abuse

A Quilt and a Quandary

This hospital quilt is done.  I did the circles one each morning and one each night to stave off the dizziness.

Now, I am finished with free motion quilting for awhile to get my bearings back.  Had to finish this up with the walking foot.

 Now the quandary!!!  What is a scrap and what is a project begging to be started??  How big is a scrap that is to be kept??  What to  do about all this mess with 2 inch squares and orphan patches.  One side of the table is clean...how many possible quilts are there here, on this side of the table???

 I am totally overwhelmed.  But if I start with new projects for each orphan or snippet possibility, I will never touch my awesome stash... 

 Or is this the size a scrap should be????  I have half a mind to just cut pieces like this into strips for strip quilts...  Just typing this drives me batty.