A Gift

Tomorrow is a neighbor's 78th birthday, so Barb made her a gift.

And Still Another

Another embroidery gift from Barb in Maine

And Yet Another

A Pattern from Barb in Maine 

Another Gift from Main

An embroidery pattern 

A Gifted Pattern

It came from Barb's friend in Maine

More of Barb's Embroidery

More of her work

An unfinished 2018 Chistmas Card

She's working on fabric Christmas Cards, but we are stuck because I can't sew a curve without everything curling up. Good thing we still have time.

Hen and Her Wash

This embroidery was finished early   on, prior to the decision to start a quilt. It was an Aunt Martha iron on transfer.

Our Initial Start

Nearly three years ago my wife suffered two back-to-back heart attacks. The results were, as you can imagine, devastating. We had no alternative, but to greet each day as a gift and make of it what we could. Her health improved, and with the expert assistance of her four doctors and eventually she began casting out for low-key activities she could handle. After several months of exploration and tril she decided on embroidering. I was astonished with the outcome. She skills quickly improved, exceeding all my wildest expectations. As a result, we it was imperative that we locate a place for her handy work, other than a bottom drawer. The solution was quilting. However, these blocks were not going to assemble themselves. It seemed as though I was it.

Drawing from our daughters' experiences and gleaning the knowledge of others who chose to publish wisdom on YouTube I purchased a Singer machine and set out to see what the world of quilting was all about. Take it from me, there's more to it than meets the eye. I had to take great care not to destroy Barb's effort while doing my part of this project.

Committed, while unaware of the difficulties I would encounter with size of batting and the backing, I decide a quilt , using the quilt-as-you-go method would be a fine project. And it was, but as the number of blocks increased, approaching the estimated 68, the more difficult it was to manage on our 30" X 35" table. But eventually the project was completed, or perhaps we decided it was big enough. I don't recall. 

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