Still Sewing

Last week I wrote about my Dad.

Thank you all for your compassion and kind words. I appreciate all the good vibes. We will get through this. Just taking it one day at a time.

I sewed!

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I saw a tutorial last week for a fun project using 2.5" strips. I dug into my 2.5" strip bag and sewed up a few blocks! It was fun! And should have been fast. You know, you think you can sew it up since you have 10 minutes and then the thread keeps breaking and then the bobbin runs out. The next thing you know a 10 minute sew turns into 1/2 hour and you are still have not completed the 4 blocks you meant to sew quickly

Iris

I pulled out this UFO to work on last month.  I have 3 sections that I made using a quilt as you go technique. My original plan to sew them together did not work. So I threw it in the corner for a time out for 3 years and now I need to deal with it. I don't have any obligations this week, so hope to make some progress.

Scrap Box

I have to confess, I am a scrap-a-holic. I have trouble throwing out scraps. I have learned to try to process scraps as I generate them. This box resurfaced yesterday. It is crammed full of scraps. I packed it up when we were in the process of moving in 2001. I has been taped shut and moved to California, then back to Ephraim, UT and now to Kanab. I think it is time to deal with it. I will try to process some each day.

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Lorna
Nicole
Emily
Beth
Judy
Beth
KatieMae
Myra
Sarah
Nina-Marie
Amanda Jean

I sewed Today

I had taken a bit of a break from my blog. My daughter and her husband were visiting over Christmas and then right after we took off with the dogs and went camping in Quartzsite. I had hoped to blog a bit from there, but had internet issues. We got home middle of January and I started to sew daily. I was able to get the swap blocks on my design wall sewn together.

Swap blocks

I finished the top on January 21, 2018. I posted a photograph on my Facebook page and had a lot of wahoo's. It was later that evening I got a phone call that my Father had died suddenly.  Wow. I am still reeling from the news.  Dad had seen my post via a friend and had told her it was really cool.  My Dad had a lot of adventure in his life. He and my mother emigrated to the USA from Germany in 1956. They settled in Utah and had 3 children. They moved to the San Juan Islands in Washington State in the 80's and sailed for 10 years. Then they moved to St. George Utah. They traveled all over in a trailer and did the Snow Bird thing. In the mid 60's they had bought a lot at Bear Lake, which is on the border of Utah and Idaho. Dad built an A-Frame cabin. My siblings and I grew up there. Many fond memories. For long time, my parents would spend Spring and Fall in St. George, the Summer at the cabin and then travel to Arizona and Mexico for the Winter. We lost Mom in 2006.  We lost my older brother, Tom, in 2011.  And 12 days ago we lost Dad. 6 days short of his 86th birthday. My sister and I are left behind to pick up the pieces of our family. My Dad had a conversation with my husband the week before he died. He said that he had no regrets.  I can find comfort in that statement.  

Block One

A month or so ago I had joined the Sew Incredibly Crazy Block of the Month 2018 group on FB. The first block came out today. I sewed today. I had not turned on my machine since Dad died. Grief will do that to you. I am trying to find my way back to a routine. I sewed today. I hope I can sew tomorrow. Even if it just one seam.  Life moves on. I need to as well.


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Kelly

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Nicole

Judy

Beth

Emily

Beth

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Myra

Amanda Jean

Leanne

Nina-Marie

Sarah