January 12, 2012
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Self-explanatory
They say that some things are self explanatory. Apparently I am not, so I thought it might be of interest to those who wondered, if I explained myself.
As you know, I am a mother of 9, grandmother to 3, (the newest 3 days old). My oldest is 29 and my youngest is almost 4. Two are married. Two daughters no longer live at home. I homeschool 2 children, and try to keep up with the youngest who is in a very busy stage of her life. (Seems like she makes more messes than my others, but I have to remind myself that I had a hired girl when the others were little.)
I love writing and did write some for Tea Leaves and More Tea Leaves devotional books published by Christian Light Publications.
I learned to crochet and knit at an early age. I had a sweater business when we sold thousands of sweaters, etc. Dabbled in counted cross stitch, embroidery and tatting. I have a rug loom and make rugs. I had a store for several years.
I am also an artist. Or at least I am interested in it. Yes, I did oil painting, but my best art is in quilt piecing. So when I piece a quilt or do something of that sort, the reaction is: "I just don't know how you do it!"
Here is my self-explanation: I need to keep my hands busy or I'd go bananas. Some people love to garden or do flowerbeds, or cooking or keeping their house spotless, for their outlet, and are good at it. Unfortunately, I do not enjoy any of the above. My forte is sewing, knitting, etc. and I love the artistry of piecing a quilt. (My family may go hungry but they won't freeze.
)So, hopefully, this sums it up. I am not a superwoman. I don't even pretend to be. But in the meantime, I just a Mrs. Sew 'n Sew.
(I'd say a Stitch Witch but don't like the sound of the last word).Tootle do!
Comments (3)
Hey Mrs. Sew-n-sew, I loved your post. I could identify so much with the last paragraph in your post. "Some people love to garden or do flowerbeds, or cooking or keeping their house spotless, for their outlet, and are good at it. Unfortunately, I do not enjoy any of the above. My forte is sewing, knitting, etc. and I love the artistry of piecing a quilt."
When you clean you just have to do it all over again. With piecing a quilt you have something to show for your work. I LOVE the creativity of it all! I must run along, I want to spend the last hour of the day in my sewing room. God bless you girl. How is the Orca BAy coming along? I think the pieces are rather small and you will be happy with yours being a bit bigger.
Polly, I think its women like us that really understand that concept.
I was pleased, she didn't know what the theme of the quilt was so I guess I must be on the right track. 
Yes, I do think I will be happy with a bigger quilt. God bless you too.
I am plugging along with the quilt. With making the pieces bigger, I wasn't 100% sure what the size of each piece would be in the end so I made sure to leave room for error. Then when I saw how the quilt would be put together, I have to trim up some of the pieces to make them fit. I have all the steps done but am cutting all the pieces to the right size to sew together. I hope to be done before the month is out. I sewed one block together and hung it up to look at from a distance. My daughter exclaimed, "It reminds me of a sunrise."
PS. Do you remember Gwen Stoll? She is now Jim Kauffman's wife and used to be our next door neighbor. She says she went to Rosedale with you. Small world, isn't it?
Lol! Love your post. I like to stay busy too. If I don't have too much going it's really hard for me to stay motivated but when I have so much stuff going I get shingles!!
Should be a happy medium somewhere. God bless all your stitching.