As a young child, I remember my grandmother sitting and dawning socks. She would give me a piece of scrap material, a jar of buttons, and a needle and thread. My job was to sew those buttons onto the scrap of material. Once finished, I would have to cut them off and put them back into the same jar to be ready for the next time.
Throughout my life I have sewed or been around sewing but it wasn‘t until I was married that I started quilting. My first quilt was a star that my mother-in-law had made during the war. I purchased a wooden quilting frame and began quilting by hand. This was the start of it all. As time passed I wanted to do something that was "fun", so I decided to start making baby quilts. These were theme oriented such as Peter Rabbit, Precious Moments, Dragons and many more. These themes came to life for new moms and their newborns. As a mother and a school teacher, this gave me and my family an opportunity to be home in the afternoons and enjoy a hobby of sewing and quilting.
Let me fast forward a little for you. Today I wish to share my love of quilting.