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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