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Second Blogging Anniversary, 314th Post, Gratitudes

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It is two years today since I started my blog.

This is also my 314th post.

I am grateful for the friends I have made through this blog and look forward to continuing to “talk” to each one of you in the coming year.

I will leave you with a picture of my aunt taken this Christmas with her new quilt (my mother on the left, my aunt on the right). She wrote to thank me for the quilt and she mentioned that it was much too nice to use….but she has heard that if you don’t use them, you don’t get anymore! My mom has heard me say that if you don’t use the quilts you get, you won’t get more in the future. Do you suppose she passed on this bit of advise to her sister? LOL

…..they are learning–quilts are made to be used. After all, how can you feel the warmth and love transmitted from the quilt maker if you never wrap yourself in the quilt?

This quilt is called, Christmas Gratitudes and is from a pattern developed by JudyL who was inspired by Jeanne.

My gratitudes today are:

* Quilters who are willing share their patterns and inspiration with the rest of us.

* Family members who appreciate my work and aren’t afraid to put my creations to use.

The Crumb Quilt is Finished and Has a New Home

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Remember the crumb quilt flimsy that I showed back in February? I managed to quilt this top between customer quilts this fall. The last stitches went into the binding in November and I just presented the finished quilt to my parents as part of their Christmas present tonight.


This year, my parents spent Christmas with my brother and his family and they were not around for the exchanging of presents on Christmas morning. They came back from the interior of the province today and we are glad to have them home!

We had quite the lively discussion about using quilts tonight. I consider this quilt not to be an heirloom quilt. This quilt is a scrap utility quilt–made to be used. My mother treasures my quilts to the point of being afraid to use them for fear something might happen to them.

When my parents left tonight, they had strict instructions that this quilt was not to be treated as an heirloom quilt, but rather to be used as a utility quilt to be slept under on a nightly basis, not removed from the bed at night only to be replaced as a decoration for the bed during the day. I assured my mother that the construction of this quilt would withstand machine washing and drying if necessary. …………..My husband added that if she didn’t use her quilts, the quilter might stop making them. After all, if you don’t use the quilts made so far, you must not need any more.
I did not put a label on this quilt yet. I was not sure what to put on the label until tonight. Mom, I will be over to add this poem to the back of your quilt at a later date:

This quilt is made of cloth and thread
To place upon your little bed.
It’s not an heirloom-just to keep,
But to lay upon as you count sheep.
So use it up and wear it out-I promise I won’t yell or pout.
Just tell me when its days are through,
And I’ll make another, just for you.