Vacation Goodbyes

You left behind

A tootsie pop

and I cried

because

you were here

and now you

are gone.

Teddybears

"Grandma," Miss C said, at a garage sale where the three bears sat, "These little guys look like they need a home."
And so home with me the little bears went.

Bears

(This photo was an email passed on. I'm not sure who to give the credit to.)

Anybody home?Housekeeping was easier when Goldilocks was around?
Just push a broom, and the house is swept out.
Today I vacuumed all the rooms...then realized my Hoover was plugged up with a ball of lint, broken threads, and one black sock, and so I've got to do it all over again with my glasses on.

Broomstick Skirt

Erma, a tween, around l945, sewed skirts to wear to school.
Yardage was gathered. A waistband attached. When she could afford it, a zipper added. Sometimes she just made a placket. Fabric of Calico cotton.
"We called them broomstick skirts!"
She had an interest in clothing styles, and picked potatoes in the fields in the fall and earned money to buy herself nice things to wear to school from Penny's catalog and for her siblings too, but that is another story I hope sometime to tell.

Lap Quilt

Squirrel Outside My Window

This is an Aunt Martha embroidery pattern- 7 whimsical squirrels, shoveling, hammering, and carting away the acorns ! Maybe a good child's quilt, mat, or lap quilt for the fellas...

Calico

Inspiration for quilt making!
Photo copyright 2009 J.H.

Quilt Construction

Catzy Zine--did I grow up listening to country western music...? Yes. Shown here are quilting construction steps in zine form:

5. Redwork?: gently wash fabrics that go together. (Red + white = pink.)

6. Iron Boarding! Press as I go!

7. Embroidery: Sampler Times.

8. Puzzle Pieces: Patching printy fabrics onto

squares or blocks. 8"X 8" or 10"X10". Flannel blocks because flannel is light and soft and inexpensive. Scraps arranged and sewn by machine or by hand, however the design, planned or unplanned. Yardage for the backing. (The flannel under the blocks becomes the batting.) Yarn for tying. And as my grandaughter once said when she was a little kid and we'd made a mess in the kitchen, "That's enough of that!" (Zine pages 1.2.3.4. in embroidery form below...). Now for a little Patsy Cline..."I'm crazy...(patchwork quilting!")