Here we are at another Sit-n-Sew Friday! On the first Friday of each month our local quilt shop opens the classroom for a small fee and 12 of us get together to sit-n-sew together. We have pizza, sew, talk, sew, eat, talk, ...well you get the drift. It began in the two months before Christmas as a "finish your gifts" Friday night and has evolved into a gathering of good friends to share the love of the craft of quilting. Tonight I am taking a kit I had put together to do a "Turning Twenty Again" lap size quilt to work on. I will probably get it all cut out and start sewing on it tonight before I leave there. I am using all floral fabrics in the pink, cream, apple green and lavender color scheme. I really have to figure out how to post pictures here one of these days.
I honestly don't know what I would do with my spare time if not for my quilting. It has become such a passion for me even though I am not a pro by any means. I just love the feeling of peace that settles over me when I am sewing. I also love watching the puzzle of pieces become a beautiful piece of art as I stitch it all together.
Tomorrow I have my two grandaughters coming over to learn how to use their sewing machine I gave them for Christmas. I think I will have them make a small tissue holder for Mom's purse. It was a simple pattern and since they did such a good job on their pillow cases last week I think they can handle it.
Happy quilting!
