Time Flies

January is over 1/2 gone! Can you believe it? I can remember when I was a little girl I would think I would never grow up. Now, I'm praying, I never grow up. LOL

I have had a couple of creative moments since my last blog.

These small bags went together fairly quickly once I had all the correct supplies. I can't tell you the last time I needed a zipper. I have helped students put them into projects, but I personally haven't used a zipper in a project in forever. I found this fabric in my "stash" and thought it would make cute bags. Everyone can use a small bag. This is the inside of the bags. I love the red, black and white. The dressed up dolls on the fabric remind me of playing "Barbie" when I was a little girl with my sister. That's another story.
I admit, I'm having feelings of nostalgia this week. My grandmother was a "crafty" lady. She had the patience to work with me and encouraged me to learn what I considered at the time, really cool things! As I became a young wife and then mother, I didn't have the time to continue the crafts she had taught me. This brings me to the above flowers. I have several beautiful pieces of crochet work that my grandmother did for me. I decided that I needed to "relearn" those skills. This is easier said than done. I remember grandma showing me step by step how to make each of those stitches. What I don't remember is learning how to read the instructions. It has taken me a few hours, but I was determined to make a crochet flower. The above flowers are the product of my labor. I think grandma would be proud. I'm not sure yet what I will do with those flowers, they are larger than I thought they would be. I'm not sure you can tell what this is, but it is going to be a valentine quilt. Last Thursday when we were out for snow, I began this little project. I thought I would have it finished, but as you can tell, it's still a work in progress. My mother was the queen of 9 patch quilts. She painstakingly cut each square, with scissors, mind you, and then would sew those squares into perfect blocks. Her seams matched, or out the seam ripper would come. I have a few pieces of her work still. I used a rotary cutter and sewed into strips, re-cut then made them into blocks. Pretty easy. I wish it were done, but I got tired of sitting at the sewing machine.

A stomach virus has hit our house. I'm hoping it stays with the person that has it and the rest of us NEVER get it! My washing machine has gone non-stop today, trying to wash those germs down the drain. I hope they stay there!

I haven't checked the forecast to see if there is a possibility of snow. We had one snow day last week. With today being a holiday this should be a quick week. I hope you are having a wonderful week. xoxo Theresa