Quilting Adventures

Cancer patient receives perfect gift

A dear friend of this patient gave her the gift that comforts her when she wakes up during the night and can’t sleep~the lettering glows in the dark for up to 6 hours and reminds her of her friends . But she received another companion pillow case below~can you tell she has a love of chickens? At first she was puzzled by the words on the front of the pillow case, but soon figured it out on the back!

I'm a bit confused. . .

Now I get it!

Simple pleasures are the best. Tell someone how much you care and think about them often. With thread calligraphy you can say anything.

8 panels of traditions. . .priceless!

I finished this 7′ diameter tree skirt a couple weeks before Christmas, just in time for the family to decorate! Each panel highlights one of the traditions this family does. One panel is the story of their family traditions, one is a replica of their home (all hearts come home for Christmas);one is sledding with miniature sleds for the family to write their names on; one is the creche with glow-in-the-dark stars showering down; one is Santa (their dad); one is a family outline where each sibling could draw their face on and sign it; one is not chocolate with the mittens holding the cup~on the cuff of each mitten is one of the boy’s first cursive signatures and miniature cut out cookie cutters attached to the panel; and one is music to represent the beautiful music the family cherishes. Each year, all the people that gather at Ellen’s home for Christmas, can sign the back of the tree skirt. What an heirloom. Priceless.

I hope you had time to be with family and friends over the holidays. Because of a major snow storm, we left for Minneapolis a day early~so I took my sewing machine along to make the stocking stuffer

recycled wool mittens

 gifts. . . wool mittens from sweaters I had purchases from Goodwill and the Good Steward Shop. After making 5 pair (my daughter-in-law’s did not fit) I am working on tuning the pattern.