For her birthday.

 I can't sew...

most of the time, I know better than to even try.

I tried making myself a pair of long pants years ago 

and when I sewed the two legs together,

I stopped even TRYING.

My mom could sew up a storm and I think it was easier for HER to do it

than to rip out all my mistakes.
And....she was a rock star at making quilts.

 This work of art takes my breath away each time I see it.
 The Double Wedding Ring was made by my mother for my daughter.
Mom wanted to give it to Stacy at her bridal shower.
 But, Mom passed away almost a year before Stacy married.
 I kept the quilt in tissue inside a quilt box beneath my bed.

 At the shower, I gave it to Stac. She was so overwhelmed, so proud , so excited that her grandmother was indeed, "with" her at her wedding time.
 Every lady in the group cried...
Boooo Hoooo, this walk down memory lane is bringing me to my knees...again!

See the work of art hanging in the background....
this was next to the last quilt she made.

She died before she could finish the last one...
I think it's called STAINED GLASS.
A good friend of her's finished it for me and I am forever
thankful to her for that.

I tried my hand at quilting and made quite a few of the

EXTREMELY easy ones...

in fact, I don't sew but I so wanted each of our 10 grandkids

to have a handmade quilt from their Memaw..

in one year, I made every one of them a quilt...
and NOT A PICTURE OF ANY... 

now, shhhhh....don't tell them that the quilts aren't

all that pretty...they THINK they are !!
The fun thing about these quilts was I searched hi and lo for the cutest and most whimsical fabrics...
much like the I SPY quilts only on a simpler scale.

But, now they each have a quilt from their VINTAGE grandmother that I hope

they will always be glad for.

I didn't have a grandmother..both died before I was born...

but if I DID have one, I sure would love a quilt or anything else

that she made...

After those 10, I made a few more...

nothing to write home about except for a couple...

Even tho I made this,

it's always been one of my favorites..

the "feel good" colors with the white blocks in between each 9 patch

just made a nice quilt.

Plain and simple 9 patch...
I discovered that you could make even a simple quilt look good
by choosing great fabrics.

Debbie Mum fabric was just what I wanted for this quilt.

The next quilt nearly sent me to the loony bin
  before I finished it.

I wanted to make Stacy a quilt for her birthday one year,

and, not far into the making of it,

I realized that I may or may not have 

bitten off waaaay more than I could chew.

I ate, slept and worked on it almost 24/7....

...and then.....

at some point...

it all seemed to go together.

I was never so glad to finish something in my whole entire loooong life.

and, she loved it.

I was thankful.

 Fun to use quilts for table coverings, too.

Here's hoping your day is one of the best ever..

xoxo, bj

PINK SATURDAY 
BLUE MONDAY
MOSAIC MONDAY
MAKE IT PRETTY MONDAY
SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT MON.