Quilting

My mother used to make patchwork quilts for our family for as long as I can remember. Nothing fancy, just four inch squares sewed together in random order.

My kids and grand kids always liked to look at the various fabrics and remember what material came from which pajamas, dress, curtains or whatever, that "Big Grandma" made for them.

Well, mom had a quilt started that she isn't able to finish now due to her arthritis and macular degeneration so it's been passed down to me! Now I never would have thought that just sewing together four inch squares of fabric would be so difficult.

But I have a new appreciation for the time and handiwork my mother put into those quilts. But I'm having trouble matching up all those seams when I put the rows together! The good side, is that my mom wants to give these as Christmas gifts so I have some time to work on them. I can only hope that these quilts turn out as well as the ones my mom made.

What a week!

Well, the cold that has lasted for at least four weeks, is finally getting better. Of course two kinds of antibiotics might have helped. There are some side effects though - three naps in one day! Maybe that's why the cold is better.

And my mom is home from the hospital. She went in last Friday with chest pains that turned out to be congestive heart failure. She's feeling much better now - well as better as an 86 year old woman with a lot of health problems can feel.