Grandma O'Quilts Still Lives On

Did I ever mention that age is upon me??

Here is the potholder I made for my physical therapist...He was born in England, but has been here since high school...On the back in small letters is: "for the meanist nice guy ever".  You will understand this if  you have ever been to PT

Below, I am sharing my collection of compression socks...Crazy Compression socks out of  Hickory, NC.  I cannot tell you how much wearing them all day helps me sleep more peacefully with fewer trips up at night. I love Crazy...I have Halloween ones and Christmas, etc.

We have a lovely lady here whose joint replacement went wrong.. She is now in a wheelchair with a pillow behind her back.  I ordered a small pillow online and covered it with pretty fabric.  She  loved it..So glad....

And these great tags from a place in Malta..

random potholders:

Thank you Janet!

I have a basket of treats for gifts that I have made ahead of time.  These below are small potluck bowl covers.  Pretty on the outside, Rip Stop on the inside. (Utube has many tutes)   Perfect to cover small leftovers especially at my retirement community

Relaxing here, ironing on scraps to fusible fleece.  After quilting I will run it through my Accuquilt...a bird??  a cat??

The winner is so far, 7 inches of snow in Charlotte, North Carolina...An amazing day to relax in front of the fake fire watching the snow.  Even now, it is still snowing!!

Nice to be warm and safe and alive xo...

And, of course sewing.

New Things

Emily spent $48 for Aoife's first  hair cut...and she hardly even had hair then...Forever more Aoife will have...the bowl cut by her mother, just like my grandma did for me.!! Aoife's new  haircut:

I found these advertized on Instagram for charm packs...Mine arrived today.  I have had a great time organizing two huge boxes of random 5 inch squares...now so much easier to select and sew.

New to me clear organizers.

Clear organizers for charm packs

My west coast cousin asked me to send a valentine card to a school who wanted cards from all around.

Here is mine...mailed off yesterday. It is a  remake of the card I recieved yesterday...Several people now to love it.

Christine's one patch.  One of many she made for family members (from his shirts)  to remember her dear love. He died almost 8 years ago, one year and one day after my husband died...We are fellow travelers..

Missouri Star had a warehouse sale the other day...This woman of  excess decided due to the great price, that I needed to add new, more modern zippers to my huge zipper collection...Voila!

Now I have a quilt collection, a fabric collection, an Aurifil thread collection and a zipper collection... Proud Grandma O'Quilts!  I am buying some things for myself now.  Nothing, I mean nothing, compares to the money I spent raising 3 grandchildren for 8 years nor the cost of  my husband's catastrophic illness, ALS.

Tonight at dinner, there was no place to sit, so I sat next to someone new.  A great move...She was a retired university English professor, a published poet and an artist.   Very interesting.  After a fun dinner, she told me she had been diagnosed with Alzheimers...I could not see it at all...Crazy life.

Here is her apartment..She has a two bedroom, one of which is a painting studio.  Wish I had taken a picture of that...so awesome.  She told me these lovely rugs had been purchased in France where she still owns a home.

Lucky me was the recipient of one of her books and one of her paintings.

Lucky new friend was the recipient of my mother's books and a potholder!! What fun!

In case we did not remember, life can be so very hard.

Now waiting for our Sherry to come and hang the picture for me.

She has helped me sooo much.  I hope she does not start charging $30 an hour like the maintenance folks here do.

Here is the adorable  bag Sherry made for her granddaughter's birthday:

Since there are no secrets at Grandma O'Quilt's house, here is a picture of my old lady legs in my new compression socks.  With a sock helper, there is no problem getting them on and they stay on...Is it too much to ask that my legs will soon look  18 again?????

Bright Compression Socks

I have not sewn in two days...so busy organizing.  Of course organizing is a messy thing.

Wondering how my cleaning lady will get  into my place...