It’s been more than a month since I sat down at the keyboard to
prepare a blog post. I have no excuses,
good or bad, but I have been working on my projects. In fact, in the last month I have added three
projects to the queue and completed one of them.
I’ll talk about the other two in later posts, but this quilt
is the one that is bound, labeled, done.
It is most definitely out of my wheelhouse. It’s big, chunky and wonky by design. And most of all, it’s so Aggie! Now, don’t get me wrong. Although my blood runs Texas Longhorn burnt
orange, I really like the Aggies…with the exception of one day a year and that depends
on the final score.
Grandson Aidan is a freshman at Texas A&M and a member
of the Corps. Half way into this
project, we learned that he could not use it in his dorm room. He is required to use standard issue bed
coverings in the Corps dorm. In fact, we were told many of the young men in the Corps opt to use sleeping bags on the floor rather than having to make their beds military style every morning. I also learned they are only allowed to have three things on their desks at any one time. One of those is the computer he is required to have, so I guess that leaves a pen and piece of paper.
But, I digress. Since I wanted him to have the quilt in time for his birthday, I
had a friend quilt it for me, and it is now on his bed at home. I’m told both he and his dog, Gus, approve.
