Oh my gosh, I love antique quilts! I just recently purchased this quilt top off ebay! It is in perfect shape. I am also a huge fan of scrap quilts!...so, of course, it said buy me all over it. I love to sit and look at all the wonderful fabrics. I also appreciate how the quilters back then always made do with what fabric they had by piecing their scraps together as you can see by the close up picture. I need to do this more often, but as a quilter we always love that excuse to run out and buy more fabric.
I just got in lots of new patterns by Bonnie Blue Quilts. These are great patterns to use up some scraps and if you love reproduction fabrics...you will find them twice as nice.
If you get melted chocolate all over your hands, you are eating too slowly. ---Author Unknown
My parents are celebrating 50 years together over the Easter holiday. We decided to make them a quilt to honor this special occasion. My sisters, niece, and my daughter each made one or two 12-inch blocks for this quilt. We used fabrics from LakeHouse and I quilted it with an all-over butterfly and flower design. I decided to add six stars to the sashing in the center to represent their six children. Congratulations to Marlus and Wayne! My dad was a farmer until he retired. I come from a talented family. My mom was always a crafter and taught all five of us girls how to sew. My brother even made a shirt once. My dad was always making things from wood or jumping in to help with our 4-H projects. Many of you have probably read my "About Me" page on my website and know that the store was named after the small creek that ran by our house. What a great place to grow up. I am sure my parents are reflecting back on all these years, and like me, realize how special they are.
It rained all day on Sunday morning in Canton, GA. The rain had turned to snow by Sunday afternoon. This is exciting since we don't see much snow in Georgia and I have been missing it (sometimes) since we moved from Minnesota. It was great until about 4 hours later and our power went out about the time it was getting dark outside. So...what do you do when the power goes out? First, you realize how much you depend on it and then we decided to play cards with my grandson. GO FISH was his game of choice. He was having a great time and commented, "this is like camping inside." After a few rounds of GO FISH we all decided since there wasn't much to do and it was really hard to see by candlelight, that going to bed would be the best thing to do in this situation. Our power did finally arrive back on sometime during the night. This morning while writing this blog, I realized it’s hard to truly appreciate something until it’s gone. They always manage to get the electricity to come back on (thank goodness), but there are lots of things in life that can't be brought back after they are gone. Let's appreciate them.
