So...Yesterday...

Forgotten Quilts I have made...."Yellow Bird" :

Now hanging on someone's wall.

"Homemade Pasta" in gray and pink:

Oilcloth pouch with window. I think I need  more of these myself.

"Concussion"  Made after my terrible concussion.
Gifted to Sean, in Ireland since he too had a concussion..way worse than mine.

A Happy Turquoise Scrap:

My purple "X"...One of my very favorite scrap quilt patterns:

One of  my first quilts...also..not finished...UGH
Georgia Bonesteel came to Miami...maybe 40 years ago
Everything is hand pieced and quilted and appliqued.
I never got into the Quilt- As- You Go thing...
And the batting is awful...I might try to make it smaller.

This is such a better picture of Great Aunt Carl's gardenia rooting.

I have been looking again, through old quilt pictures.
Here...getting nothing done!!!

Memories

Sweet Memory Lane

Evan and Lynsey at Halloween forever ago with my son and my DIL

 My grandmother collected pigs forever.
  She often mentioned how she loved pigs and how smart they were.
 Growing up in Sweden as a young child, it was one of her chores to feed the pigs.
So for Christmas in 1978???  I made this for her.   I always loved it.

This embroidered cat pattern was from Better Homes and Gardens magazines...
in the late 70's, I think.
I would trace the pattern on muslin blocks and mail them from my home in Miami to my grandmother living in Arizona.  Grandma was in her late 80's, early 90's.  She would complain that her eyes were not so good any more and that I expected too much from her. Yet each time, I would have them all back in like two weeks.  My mother told me to keep sending them...lol
A treasure for me, as my grandmother was a role model to help me keep fighting.

 This easy quilt is one of my favorites of all times, that I have made..
My purple "X" block

 This wonky quilt of mine won 4th place in our show...
NO ONE won first, second or third...
Really????

My vintage collection of potholders...

 This is the only perfect present that I ever found for my brother and his wife.
At one time they had 20 cats in their "no pet" apartment in Miami.  I made each cat a small stocking for Christmas.  Love....it is all about Love.

How about a shout out to my dear friend, Bea...

Bea at Bea's Hive
For Bea...my source of dignity, grace and strength.

The Prayer

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