Shirley Anne’s Heart

Spring Break and Sew Sew Days

Posted By drsao on April 7, 2010

I am babysitting four cats and one dog over Spring Break and I have to tell you that they are having lots of fun helping me sew! We are having lovely summer weather here in Midlothian and have even set some heat records for April! It is so much fun to hear the birds singing and to see the trees and flowers blooming.

Catherine came to sew with me two days over Spring Break. We got lots done too..even though Ruby fell in love with Catherine and would barely give her a moment’s peace…. Catherine completed the top of her Animals on Parade Quilt for the ICU project with Country Piecemakers and she had fun doing other projects as well!

We even managed a little side trip to the Goodwill to hunt for wool to felt (no luck) and we had lots of fun searching for house embellishments at BIG LOTS (a new adventure for me – whatta place!)

I got out the quilt that I pieced when I was 5 (my before going to school project!) My Grandma Albertson cut all of the blocks and pieced the top together, but I sewed all of the 9 patches together by hand – and she INSISTED that I use a thimble too. To this day I can’t sew without that thimble! I don’t think I have ever photographed this quilt before.

I also got out the wedding quilt that my Grandma Reiter made for me – a log cabin made out of satin (that I accidentally found out that my DH, Max had used for a picnic in the park one day while I was a work!!!!)

I spent one day cutting 1,250 1 1/2″ squares for a Postage Stamp Quilt swap – this should be lots of fun – Subee (in Indiana) is hosting it! I have visions of tiny little quilt pieces floating in my head as we speak!

I am VERY HAPPY that I got TWO QUILTS BOUND and have started on another. WHOO HOO!

Here is a peak at all of the fun.