Homemade Love

Stayed in today again. Didnt go to my cabin all weekend. I've had the sniffles and sneezes and it may just be bad allergies but whatever it is I just didnt want to aggravate it.
I've been wanting to pick up where I left off last year with some quilting blocks I had started. Originally, this was going to be a lap quilt for my late Grandmother. I have a bad habit of starting quilting/sewing projects and never finishing them in a timely manner.
My Gramma always sewed and quilted. It truly is an art. She was taught by her mother when she was only a child and it was just one of those things that women learned to do because they would make most of their clothing. Many many times I would walk in to her home to find her sitting down on her recliner sewing quilt blocks, making lil pillow cases with designs on them, mending a dress, etc. She made quilts for all of her kids and for me and my lil cousin as we were the only grandkids who were super close to her. I have a handful that she made for me throughout my lifetime including my baby quilt.
She taught me how to sew and I would've known how to sew other stuff like she did but I never listened long enough. What I would give right now to be sitting next to her showing me how to make a dress or anything else sipping on a glass of sweet tea that she brewed.
So today as I sit here picking up the pieces of my own quilt and making my own memories, I will be thinking of her and I will also remember the millions of hand stitches she sewed on her quilts...each stitch holding a thought that will forever be etched in our hearts.
Until next time, see you on the backroads.


My Gramma's last quilt to me. Its beautiful. One of many.


A block up close. Most done by hand.


My project from last year, continued. This was going to be a lap quilt for my Gramma but she passed away in May 2009.


A block of mine up close. Not as nice as Gramma's.