A surefire way to keep your mind off feeling blue is to keep busy and surround yourself with others. That was the strategy this past weekend. We visited my husband's grandmother in Southeastern Virginia. I though we were just going to a cookout, but there were at least 50 people there, so it felt more like a family reunion to me. I knew next to no one, but pull out a quilt to work on, and all of a sudden you are surrounded by interested folks. That was my strategy, and it worked wonderfully! Everyone has a quilt story to share. I even found a cousin who designs cards and signs, and he's working on a design for me for my new business. Plus, I'm halfway done hand quilting the second rainbow baby quilt!
Back at home, I worked on the quilt blocks from my MIL's shirts. I need to pull out some of them with wider stripes to give my eyes a break - those tiny stripes make me seasick! But so far, everything is lining up pretty well, although I'm not being a stickler about it. Let's face it, I'm not much of a stickler for rules and things being orderly.
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| The larger blocks are 8.5", the smaller are 4.5". So far, I've used 4 sleeves total - who knew there was that much fabric in a sleeve??? |
Then yesterday afternoon we went to a cookout at a local friend's house (that's right - two days in one weekend when I didn't have to cook dinner!), and I was working on cutting up the rest of the shirts when a quilter friend got some scissors and gave me a hand. My friends are the best!
I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!
