During the month of April, I participate in the Blogging from A to Z Challenge. That is 26 posts in one month, for each letter of the alphabet, time off for good behavior on Sundays. Over 1800 bloggers are participating this year. Last I checked, I was #858. This year, Millie and Willie Cottonpoly, my sock puppet creations, are here to tell you their story and share reviews, ideas, and inspiration with you. They’re also helping to teach theatre classes for kids in the Brainerd area, and continue to view and review theatre productions and some books. This retired couple doesn’t just sit around watching reruns on MeTv. (Although, Willie does like to put up his feet whenever Petticoat Junction comes on. It’s that sound of the train whistle. Millie makes no apologies for watching the Lassie marathon while holding her dog Tillie on her lap.)
Q is for quilts, those soft, warm blankets that we love to snuggle under when we watch TV, or on our beds at night. My mom makes beautiful quilts. She spends hours matching colors, sewing the patchwork together, adding the batting and backing. She makes quilts for all the kids and grandkids, and does a special one when they graduate from high school or get married. Babies get little ones with really soft fabric. She has made special square with embroidery. Bobby got one with snowmen when he went off to Texas for college. She helped me make one for the Biker Chef using old t-shirts. With all this blogging, writing, and reading, I feel like snuggling up under one of the quilts and taking a big nap! How are all of you doing with the challenge? Thanks to everyone who’s been reading and commenting. My blog has had a few glitches, lately, sorry about that.
Millie:Â Grandma Jane makes the best quilts.
Lillie: I like the squares that have pink and flowers.
Billie: I like this blue. Hey, the biker one is awesome!
Willie: It’s nice and cozy, too.
Millie: Shh, everybody, I need a nap.
Go. Create. Inspire!
Journaling Prompt:Â Do you have or make quilts? Do you have special items/gifts from your parents? Does anyone else need a nap?
Hi Mary, I so admire those who create in such a beautiful way! It’s truly and act of creation made with love, planning and preparation..
I’d love to have a nap right now, even though it’s midmorning – but not Quite the thing to do. Have to get my quill moving …
Well done on the biker-chef quilt!
Thanks, Susan.
I have made one quilt in my lifetime…I have another one partially done that I hope to get to soon. I recently sold a quilt kit on eBay because I realized I will never finish it. It causes too much eyestrain for me these days, so I knit to keep my hands busy.
With this challenge, I could definitely use a nap!
I also like to knit, and nap.
I wish someone I knew made quilts. I am such a big fan of them.
You could be the one who makes them. Take up a new hobby.
I have made a few quilts. The one in the photo is awesome.
Tell Millie and Willie–hello.
Hello back from the happy pair. They’re napping now.
The Biker Chef’s is awesome! Be cool to have one with some of my concert t-shirts.
Thanks.
My boss makes quilts, and my late grandmother on my dad’s side did. I’m not one for sewing. I prefer knitting.
I also prefer knitting, so I really appreciate mom’s quilts!
I can’t make myself, but got one as a gift- and now reading your post – Oh Yes. very tempting to go find it and get a nap…. Oh yeah:-) 🙂
I need a nap, too, after looking at that beautiful quilt. Sometimes, FB doesn’t take for me, that’s why I’m down here. But not always.
Glad your comment took this time!
I’ve never quilted, but I have several colleagues who do, and wow, they do such beautiful, painstaking work. What a great idea, making a quilt from old t-shirts–now that’s recycling!
Yes, Kern. A great way to preserve those special t-shirts.
My grandmother made wonderful quilts. I still have the last one she made me, but it’s so worn out, it’s falling apart…the fabric squares are actually wearing out.
I can’t bear to get rid of it yet, though.
You can restore them, to a certain extent, but yes, the fabric can disintegrate. Still, it’s worth hanging onto the threads because it was made by someone you love.
I was just talking with my book club members about quilting last week! It is such an art form.
I made one t-shirt quilt in my life, but I didn’t know enough when prepping the shirts to cut them into even sized squares. And I didn’t know before starting the quilt, that I could have taken the uneven sized shirt-pieces and put them onto other fabric like you did for the biker quilt… So needless to say, it was a very difficult quilt to make and it’s not even a true rectangular quilt. It’s kind of like a rhombus or other geometric shape, on accident.
There are some very experienced quilters in my book club and I am just amazing at their talent and their patience too! I have a few quilts from my grandma that I cherish greatly.
Good for you for posting so often this month! I agree – I think you’ve earned a nap haha!
Thanks, Laura. I’m reaching for my favorite quilt now. Wait. I can’t. I have piano students coming. Thanks for visiting and commenting! Quilts made by our grandma’s (or mom’s) loving hands are the best.
My grandmother on my dad’s side made quilts when she was alive. She did it all by hand too and had this giant loom. I think my mom still has all the ones she made for us kids. Mine was starting to fall apart though, so might not have that one anymore because Mom couldn’t find someone who would fix it. =(
~Patricia Lynne aka Patricia Josephine~
Member of C. Lee’s Muffin Commando Squad
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Patricia Lynne, Indie Author
They are great keepsakes.