May 14, 2020
I pulled this card from my bin before looking up the name. Milk and cookies should work for everyone’s birthday but, with some dietary restrictions in the family, cookies are a bit harder for Jody. It’s a good thing for her whole family that Jody is a trained baker!
Sunday, May 10, 2020
When Elizabeth saw the baking-related fabric in one of my daily blocks she asked if I had any left. I did and asked her what she would like me to make her. She picked microwave bowls.
For years, every time I dug through a particular drawer for something I came across this bargello work that Mum did. The last time I was digging (for elastic for masks) I pulled it out and decided this was the year it needed to be done.
I save trimmings from a lot of different projects and used them for stuffing the pillow case inside; usually my trimmings go to the SPCA for dog pillows so I didn’t see why it wouldn’t work for a pillow for me. I even used some of Mum’s quilt top pieces as the backing for the pillow.
This looks very nice on my futon upstairs, along with the yarn doll Mum made.
May 8, 2020
No photo of the card, although there was a card made and sent.
It wasn’t until I had the envelop sealed for mailing that I realized I forgot to take a picture – even though the camera was sitting right beside me when I was wrapping it.
I went through my photos because I thought I might have an unquilted version but no such luck.
Had there been a photo it might have looked something like this (but way less perfect).
May 1, 2020
This is the second to last block from my Splendid Sampler book – book one that is! Those tiny pieces would have been impossible had the block not been paper-pieced.
I’m not sure what tiny miracle I can associate with Barb – maybe the fact that after all the years our parents were friends we eventually caught up with one another in a completely different part of the country.
Happy Birthday Barb (Elliott)!