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

Drivel and Such

Rail Fence top for homeless children outreach.

The fabric below from Denise Schmidt is one of my favorites.

I used it up....a sad day in this collector's cupboard!!

Although, it does look good on the border here.

Lynsey learned to love tea from her Irish granddaddy.

She often makes it for herself...Of course, he only took it with milk.

She has other ideas...She takes it with sugar and honey!!!

He drank Barry's tea...She drinks Peach Lemon

Same idea....ha!

Started one baby donation quilt and ended up starting five???

And, why am I using red, white and blue...

I am forever, AD/HD!!

Fun...Here my girl has made a dress for her girl, coming in July..

The free Geranium dress pattern
Made by Rae

Fabric is Sevenberry Petite Garden

These are the snap sets we have:
plastic snap kit
When doom is upon me, I gaze out at the huge Gardenia bush in our yard.
Grown from a sliver rooting in a glass...Great Aunt Carl in Greenville, Alabama.
I remember sitting on my porch here at home, sharing my woes with her on the phone.
Aunt Carl said...Sounds like a beautiful place to be miserable in.
I never forgot that..Nor, Great-Aunt Carl
She had her hair in curlers and slept with a shot gun under her pillow
way up into her 90s...


Lynsey was looking at our green tile in the kitchen...she was remarking
on how many shades of green there were..I told her about this song.
Forty Shades of Green

She had Alexa play the song and old grandma promptly burst into tears.
A sharp pain in my broken heart...the loss of my dear Irish man.
Hugs from the kids...and it eased up.
That grief...it just never goes away.

A Random Friday

Life as we know it, changed in a second...Downstairs bathroom
Quick mask washing station...little plastic hooks..sigh. No excuses!!!

After my exciting outing today, I had the energy to cook.
The neighbor had given us 12 zucchini...4 went into this dish
Soooo   yummy...found on Pinterest. I added some Panko bread crumbs.

My new friend Anna....shared this plaque
of the greatest expression of kindness:


I have never heard of the quilt artist Bisa... Wow do I love her work and insight.
Bisa Butler, art quilter.

The O'Quilts family graduation party continues:
Fishing...caught 6 fish, thrown back.
Slip and slide on the front lawn hill.
Yummy stew in the crock pot...all gone in one day..
Growing mouths ate the stew for breakfast, lunch , snack and dinner.

I am not  used to thinking of things for dinner every day.
The children always eat happily and always say, Thank you, Grandma!
I am in awe of how many people give joy and help to our family.
Tis the time for giving.
Turned in three children's quilts for our December outreach.
For me, I will have made 5....#6 is on the design wall.

They were asking for boy pre-school quilts..
This one is a bit boring..I hope it will be OK with a happy backing.

My leg is improving from my fall...
My doctor insisted on a visit anyway.
Cut foot is healing, cyst is fine, all fine
However, mental health is real... She told me to go to the grocery store.
If  you wear a mask and wash your hands, there is very little chance of getting sick at the food store.
Wahooooooooo.
I did that, and now you are listening to a brand new human being!!!!
Only the second time in 3 months..

My girl is now 34 weeks pregnant.
Her husband finished making this co-sleeper to put next to their bed at night:

Emily is making the  mattress and sheets.
I am so proud of both of them being so creative!!

After stuffing myself with someone's yummy chocolate cookies.
Sewing up a random outreach quilt is in order.
I said, sewing a random outreach quilt...
I did not say to begin 5 of them...and finish nothing...

Just a Fine Day

How lucky am I....today, I had a visitor...6 feet apart on my screened in porch.

A fabric friend, a sewing friend...

Hours later, I felt like a real human being...a wonderful in-person visit.

From one of my new Good Vibes Quilting friends

Came a piece of stunning Australian fabric..I have never seen in this color before.

 And this:...Suzette..you are soo good...treats....all the way from Bend, Ore!!

Immediately, my new deal of using what I love, came into play:

Make one scrappy block...cannot stop...make another...

and another

Today was the last day of school..Lynsey graduated from 5th grade to middle school.

Her present from us???
A camping trip.....in the back yard..

With great excitement...up went the tent!!

She can hardly contain herself.
Oh, pouring rain!!!

They are watching music videos on daddy's phone, eating all kinds of snacks.
They are squished together and their father will not let the dog in..ha..
Lynsey has been in to me 3 times complaining that all her brother's stuffed animals are crowding her out.

Ha ha ha...It was 90 degrees today with humidity..and Dylan brings a winter
blanket and several stuffed animals...
Lucky lucky their daddy is back home...
Lucky lucky me...gets to do what any sane person would choose..:
Fabric!!!!!
Sorting my scraps for another fun project..

Another art form???  Guess not...
Very interesting to me...but then...with 50 years of fabric collection...am I really
going to cut flatware for jewelry...like am I going to be 42 again????

How to Cut Flatware

Just Go Sew!!!

Turn that frown upside down.
Just go sew!!

This block was made from leftover triangles and scraps.
Being a fabric collector..I do not want to give it away.
Old lady wants to hold on to things..
Blue hippo fabric is 60 years old..from my grandmother.

Today is so lazy...so lazy.  Scraps make me happy.

This is a great ad...very great!!   Thx Pat..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZSPjA5Wy-E

Day is  absurd....Phone says no rain today, as it poured down rain.
My son is beside himself with his car...He cannot get a piece back on and he
is fretting and fretting..I am trying to breathe and detach.
Lynsey got too much sun yesterday.
Dylan is talking non stop on his chrome book with his bestie.

There are only two days left of school
Then we will have a rising 5th grader
A rising 6th grader and a rising 10th grader...amazing.

Tonight I rejoined Twitter for political reasons.
Just another way to get myself all riled up...I seem to revel in that.

A wonderful Happy Birthday to two friends with a birthday today.

I want to get my hair cut
I want to go to Aldi
The virus cases are going up in the Carolinas
UGH!!
Thank God for my dear man who reminded me to:
Just Go Sew!!
This is my kind of sewing.

The Very Good Day

An exciting day yesterday..I took a shower...ha ha  and did not fall.

I am off the walker and onto the cane.

Last night, I sewed.

I finished this baby clutch for my daughter.

And, if Nona doesn't like it, she can return it to me..as I love it.

Below the colors are truer. My girl loves that dusty rose look.

Funny how it was the same dusty favorite in style when she was born.

I think the fabric is Portland style...with the bears and the trees.

They love to go camping.

I tried to refresh my buttonhole expertise..but found that my machine made 8 kinds of buttonholes

Way past my learning curve.

She Can Sew big pocket Clutch

These changing mats were mailed off last week.
I tried hard to make them with the fabric she may like...not me.

The vinyl sides below:
Emily ordered the below grey linen "laminate" from China,2 months ago.
It came here last week..Jeeze.  I think it is oilcloth and not laminate because it is quite
heavy...but made it and left it up to her to use or not.

Pretty proud of Charlotte..

Protesters are talking to looters...telling them to cut it out.

Police chief is often on the streets holding meetings with the people.

Mayor is on the streets meeting with the people.

Amazing....

The knowledge...that looters are looters and protesters are protesters.
We are not perfect...but so much better.

The police have a hard job.  However, so do parents
We both have to do it right.

When my husband was in a wheelchair with ALS, three police came to the door looking for my son.

I talked with them, as my son no longer lived with us, I gave them his phone number and they spoke with him on the phone.  Those three police were soooo nice.

About a half hour later another policeman called my husband on his cell threatening him.

Telling him that if he did not produce our son, he would go to jail himself.

Well...that flew all over me, as my husband was dying and our son had not lived with us in years.

I called the number on the card of the first police officer.

I told him that we had co-operated and I did not appreciate my husband being threatened.

I said I was calling the central police headquarters.

This police said he would take care of it personally. 

In five minutes, that mean police officer called my man with an apology.

And...so it goes...

Last night, Lynsey's teacher brought dinner for us...so yummy and so nice.
She heard that Lynsey had been cooking since my fall..and wanted to give her a break.
How sweet!!!!!!
Today, I am better...so much better...so relieved.

Grateful for the miracle God helped my man send me...our son, healthier than in 25 years.
Grateful for the outpouring of support from friends.

A beautiful day in Charlotte to sit outside under a tree and read or doze.
90 degrees...reminds me of Miami.

Yesterday and Today

Yesterday's quilts.  

My "Floribunda" ,an album quilt created for our guild,

by Karen Ponischil.

My Experiment in Solids

Disappearing nine-patch shown under my snowball tree.

Blocks in Green, with Three Stooges border

Old quilts to share today...I am so glad I took pictures.

I have no clue as to where some of these went.

Today was day 3 after my fall...swollen and bruised...

Not aging with grace. Wanting to jump up and do my thing..

Three more days of school...Talk about celebration.

Teacher thank yous this year....a mask...ha!!  Crazy Covid.

School will start 2 weeks early this upcoming August.

First week should be in person at school.

Second week will be remotely if the RNC convention stays in Charlotte.

This year...a winter vacation...from Thanksgiving to New Years.

No spring break and school over before Memorial Day.

Wow.....of course...this is the plan today...changes could come tomorrow.

I am still using the walker, because my right leg is not too strong yet...

Hurry up leg...I have things to do!!!!

My daughter is 33 weeks pregnant.

She may not like what I am making her for the baby, because

I love funky...not so sure she does...

Did I tell you...I call the baby, "Nona" !!!
Because she is a  no name baby...ha ha.

Found these cute pictures when I looked back..

Tigger ...trying out the IKEA doll bed.

Lynsey shopping at the farmer's market with us when she was four.

 

Now she is 11 and cooked the dinner tonight.

Nice to have happy pictures.

Gratitude for the Fluffy.

Today brought a drama...
But, since this is a quilting blog, I am going to feature some of my older quilts
to pad the way:

First up my international 12 inch snowball quilt.

Snowball quilt backing , flying geese made with leftovers from the front snowballing.

My veggie jar quilt for the gardener, Mary Pat

 The applique quilt I made for Lynsey's wall when she was young.

 Red Onion quilt, I gifted to Judy

Below, my favorite cat ever...Milito and buddy, Cookie
They are cuddling on one of the string quilts that I made from
clothes I bought during my trips to India in the 70's.
I made several of these and gave them to  my daughter.
These kitties are long gone....

Now for the story...I love a good story:

An enormous amount of weight was gifted to my body, since ALS came into my life.
I am grateful for the real and substantial me...

For I had a nasty fall this morning.

I broke nothing....because I bounced.

Thank you God.

My 4 fake joints are still working.

My old bones have thanked me for the protection.

Dearest Ellen left a present on my porch this morning...such opportune timing
She did not know that I had just fallen!!!
Two large bags of M&Ms in a lovely bag on my doorstop

, Just because she cares.

Dylan was squeamish...Lynsey just took care of business...even though it was not fun.

I slid on the shower water, I grabbed an antique clay piece my mother had made, instead of the counter...

My foot was cut, there was a mess...there was blood, there was screaming..broken glass covered the floor.  Everyone was scared.

Lynsey went into doctor mode.  She put on gloves and soaked my cut foot.

Then applied ointment.  She made me hot tea.

She helped my son get me off the floor.

Under medication, I feel better. My guess the morrow will bring more swelling and bruising.

Lynsey sauteed veggies for our dinner.

I wanted hot dogs, but she insisted on something healthy.

That girl....
I always sing to her...What would I do Without you.
I found this funny one:

What Would I Do Without You

At the end of the day, perspective has arrived.
I am thankful