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"Quality of life"......a gift that just keeps on giving.

Aging Well | Last Active: Feb 26, 2021 | Replies (242)

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@sueinmn

Love your post Nancy - amazing how many creative people are here. I just (stupidly) undertook a spreadsheet project for another organization, and it was originated by someone with no training, then edited to meet a very visual member's demands, without respect for the havoc it would cause! Now I am attempting to tame it - on a deadline. When will I learn? Yesterday I met a fellow Master Gardener to make a pickup, and learned we have a mutual interest in fabric dying - so we'll be meeting come summer to teach each other new skills.

My next quilt is for my daughter - her long awaited t-shirt quilt - which has been on my design table for 2 months waiting for a few more cherished bits from her. My 4 year old grandson informed me Friday that his little brother is "getting too small for a baby quilt" and I should make him a new one. I reminded him those come for the 4th birthday - 2 years away yet. I love doing custom-themed quilts as well a designing my own patterns - the only pattern I ever used was a double wedding ring for my sister, and even then I chose all the fabrics expressly for her.

I am culling my stash & donating what I know will never be used...
Sue

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@sueinmn You are certainly a busy lady! I, too, love to quilt and I used to dye fabric (only smaller pieces, though). I got more into ice dyeing and snow dyeing? And you live in the perfect place for snow dyeing! We’re having another spring day here but dreading the thought of drought.

Sue, when grandchildren started coming I totally lost my sensibilities! It never occurred to me that there would be 9! By the time the were three they each had three. The crib quilt with theme for the nursery, a heart themed baptism quilt, and one at age 3 years for whatever their love was at the time. Lesson learned. Great grandchildren get one themed by my choice that they can grow into than as toddlers, such as appliquéd owls, hot air balloons, and the butterfly quilt for our baby girl coming this week. (Laurel Burch had the perfect fabric line for that one.) And now on the hunt for June and a zoo theme. But never again “3 by age 3”! Because we know it didn’t stop there. 😂
Nancy