It Was A Very Happy Mother's Day

Mother’s Day was particularly special this year.  Not only was I gifted a lavish bag of goodies, but Julia and youngest grandson, Aidan, spent several hours with us helping with household chores. 

As a result, we now have an oven with working lights, new batteries in the smoke detectors, clean windows and …

My design wall panels have finally been anchored to the wall of my sewing room.  I got the idea on how to go about mounting it from Vivian at Bronx Quilter.  The quilt on it is my Covid Blues quilt that got sidelined some months ago.  It’s time to make it a priority again. 

 

Live -- My 2021 Word

 

Sometimes you have to give up on what you thought life would be like and learn to find the joy in the story you are actually living.  – Rachel Marie Martin

Some Progress

I delayed writing this post because just showing more petals being appliqued wasn’t very newsworthy, but it’s time to document that I am still working on Esther’s Bloomers and gradually making progress. 

 

The center has grown, and two of the applique borders are ready to be attached.

 

I had a small diversion when a neighbor asked me to hem a dust ruffle.  The quilt was made by an aunt, and the dust ruffle added by her daughter so it could serve as a bedspread.  I stitched the hem when we could see just how much fabric we had to work with. 

 

Our area is rated as being in moderate drought, so we were very happy when we had four inches of rain last weekend.   I love sitting at one of my vintage machines while it rains.

Now that hubby and I are fully vaccinated, life has loosened up just a bit.  We are still being cautious, but I have had a haircut (yippee) and we even joined our neighbors for a backyard barbeque Sunday night.  

 

Live -- My 2021 Word

 

We choose our life every day.  We don’t necessarily choose our circumstances every day, but we do choose the person we are going to be. —Becoming Minimalist