Day Five of Self Isolation..hmmmmm

Read this...read all about it!!!
Yeah, North Carolina!!! Mask City!!! Saves the Day.

Above, the last two receiving blankets..
Below, my porch..a sanctuary in tough times.
In the new circumstances, Grandma O'Quilts has had the porch re-arranged.
Life saving things like a quilter's cutting mat and , and....

The old exercise bike not used for  years...pulled out of the garage.
A poor substitute for the pool, but it may just get the job done until it opens again.
See my book in place....I can only do five minutes...but really, 5 is better than nothing,
or, so they say.

Do your homework darlings...NO!!!

Grandma....It is Sunday!!

Who knew??
I told them reading was for every day...Look..just look!!
Reading on grandma's bike...honestly!!!!.
Guessing I was dreaming that it would be off limits.

My son has been to so many stores.
I am grateful that now we are all set for a month with food.
Now, I hear that half the virus cases here are people 30 to 40...so
my son was at risk all the time..
OMG...I told him he could only do isolated jobs like gardening or handy man things where there are no crowds...nothing else.

If I document each day of isolation, it might just be too many many blog posts.
Hopefully, I will get to quilting my 100 UFOs
My outreach quilts, and bags, etc.
Three days till the sun comes back and beautiful spring comes to Charlotte.

Sunny Day Three...On the Outside, Anyway

Teaching math on the quilt to her dolls...great way to practice math.
Lynsey will be a wonderful teacher and writer!

Todays science....a toad in Lynsey's hand.

The black hole engulfed me today, even though it was sunny outside.
Both yesterday and today, I read a book in the sun...
My son spent four  hours running around town into 10 grocery stores to find meat.
In the end, it was in Target, that he found stew meat and pork chops...wow..lucky us.

Finally, I got a grip and hung the Easter quilt...taking down the Christmas one!!

Tonight I made two receiving blankets.
I only started to feel better, when...I started sewing...really???
No surprise at that one.

This is the link for the toilet paper quilt..
So fun...Thank you Maureen and Myrto for this..
They will have a sew along next week...exciting.
On a Roll...by Java House Quilts

I bought this pattern.  I just had to be part of quilters expressing themselves
during this very crazy time.

When my friend, Anxiety comes visiting, I remember my brave grandmother, my brave mother and my brave husband...I am a wannabee...I want to be brave like they were.
And, so, as I sit in my wonderful yard, the birds, the new buds on the trees, the great way the children are learning remotely and my son...all give me comfort..
Quilters give me comfort
PS...My son took the children to our creek with the dog yesterday..

In March...Ok..it was the first day of Spring..

Mrs. O'Quilts Makes Baby Things

My XDIL is providing a new sister for my three grands

Baby due March 27....or tonight...who knows...My XDIL is huge!

My sister and I joined in the baby shower fun

I made:

Facecloths

Baby wash cloths

I did not use this tute.  I just put it  here so you get the idea.

I bought a package of facecloths at Marshalls.

I cut the edges off, then right sides together with pretty fabric, leaving space to turn.

Once turned...I top-stitched...voila

Pacifier lanyards (note baskets from Nancy's basket bazaar.)

I cannot find the tute for this...but there are a million of them.  I used my coupons at JoAnns for the clip, again..there are other choices online.  Mainly cutting 4 inch wide by 18 inches..ironing in half, pressing edges toward the middle to make an inch strip, top stitching both sides... I put velcro to loop thru the pacifier and sewed the clip thru the loop...It all took about 10 min each.

Missouri Star Self Binding baby receiving blanket tute

After making the self-binding receiving blanket above, I found that the simple
right sides together flannel..suggested by our Terri...is one I like much better.

Money has become very very tight here...Never having worried about money before,  I am shocked to find that raising three grandchildren on  a fixed income is quite the challenge.

We are going to have to stop all outside activities and watch our pennies...the older they get, the more expensive they are...so wishing their parents would kick in some dough..not happening..

Anyway....I was delighted to have fun making these presents with things I had on hand.

Also, teaching values to my darlings.. Money is important, but made with love is better.

I am alone in my journey.

I vow that we will  be OK

Today was a day...after my nap...or two...I was able to jacket up

and read outside in our wonderful Carolina Blue...skies

Life is good...even Stitch got outside time with Zoe and me.

 I am realizing that I worked all my life..for the joy of napping and doing what I wanted..
Which seems to be...sitting on the porch in the sun and reading.

Why now am I guilty when I do this?

Time is running out around here...

I certainly do not want to clean.

And...FYI, again fromMissouri
dog bed

Nice to report...a restful weekend.

xo