Sweet Scrnts and Night Terror

 

So I Sew ~ 2023

 My second project 2023  full sized!  I’m anxious for backing and long-arm Quiltin Design (by me, of course)

New client friend collected Thunder T-shirts from 2008 -  2020 playoff’s Orlando FL

My major home construction/new pipes has placed me in hotel with a kitchenette 😇.    So I sew n quilt!!!

Bquiltin is my Therapy

Many years of Dr Lucy McBride, newsletters 

Four non-negotiables ….for good health /// Life more abundantly John 10:10.  

S = Sleep. Our brains and bodies can’t function without rest. Most humans need 7-9 hours. Prioritize it.

T = Talk. To loved ones, friends, a therapist if you have one. Externalize your internal world. Tell your story.

E = Eat. We need protein, fiber, healthy fats, and whole grains. Satiety on a regular cadence is critical for our bodies and brains. Experience it.

M = Movement. Walk, stretch, dance wildly and embarrass your kids. Whatever you need to connect with your body, just do it.

Mitigate Despair-Learn to Quilt!

Serenity Prayer: “God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.”

Advice from a friend (Lucy McBride). 

In other words, mitigating despair requires:

• Facing the fixed harsh realities of life (i.e. death, loss, grief, aging)

• Coping with these realities as able (i.e. giving yourself permission to grieve; managing complex feelings with support as needed; prioritizing sleep, exercise, and good care of your body and mind.)

• Directing our energy to the areas where we do have some control (i.e. relationships, hobbies, volunteer work, creating and enjoying beauty, leaning into joy.)

Scissor Tales Quilter’s Guild

 

Welcome January 2023

 

Stalks of Flax as in Quiltin!

What is it?  It’s a Quilt ….a gift of function and beauty… of hands and heart—-and our quilts indeed have a story to tell!     A Scissor Tale!

The truest foundation of our quilts consist of the woman/man holding needle, threads and scissors…using our skills-creativity-imagination -our joys and hurts—— we make do. And we thrive all-the-more!

Easy -Iron of Scraps and UFO’s

 It’s been 7-8 days of pull out / review of fabric scraps ….  And unfinished-half complete quilt projects!!!

so scrappy and varied whites and cotton sewing!!

You know paper piecing is my mindless GO-TO FAVORITE THING TO DO!!!

Bquiltin 2020 ‘Road 2 California

 My wonderful  iPhone featured // shared Ontario CA photo dated January 2020!  Seems soooo long ago B4 Covid-19!

My St Petersburg WCQN quilter (new friend) actually created this BLACK MAN quilt that I so admired!!!

Show up -Relax -and Sew

 

                            I intend to appliqué my cuzin’s names on left lower border fabric

Life is good

                      This velvety Royal purple…. My cousin sent a box of ‘em to me to make him a quilt

                Crown Royal Quilt - Majestic 

   

Relax’n my feet

Remembering a good man!

The Paseo Districe OKC,,,,,, so pleasing to see and feel fall 

Longarm—Not for XMAS

 Geesch.  I had the nerve for Thanksgiving Gift to my cousin…….   But m’Lady Long Arm

A Legacy Quilt Poem

Legacy of Stitches

Sandra E. Andersen 2001-2008

A Legacy of Stitches is what we leave behind;
the imprint of our very soul that lasts beyond our time.

The heart that quilts knows, oh, so well the peace that can be found,
as needle meets with fabric, for there is no sweeter sound.

Whether quiet piecing done by hand or on our sewing machine,
there’s rhythm to our stitches as we sew along each seam.

Those stitches tell the story of our lives as they unfold
as we think of quilts that Grandma made with stories left untold.

The humdrum of our daily lives grows elegant and grand,
when we start to cut the pieces, then stitch the fabric in our hands.

And whatever is the reason for the quilts we piece and sew,
and whoever is the maker, there is one thing that we know.

Each quilt is full of memories, and is a treasured thing.
If quilts could talk, imagine how some quilts would surely sing!

For some quilts are sewn in happy times and others when we’re sad,
and some are sewn in laughter and others when we’re mad.

Some are sewn to warm us, and some sewn just for fun,
and some are “works in progress” that never quite get done!

Some quilts are sewn for beauty, a quilt made just for “show”,
but the heart of the true quilter is the one who really knows~

That no matter how the quilt is stitched, we leave our mark in time.
This Legacy of Stitches is what we leave behind.

Eye Read ~ Literacy Advocate

Exhibition on Display Through Oct. 31
@ The Art Hall, 519 NW 23rd St., Oklahoma City
& via Online Gallery

Just excited to tell and say thanks to everyone who visited the Artists for Literacy Opening Reception! If you haven't already, be sure to visit The Art Hall or our Online Gallery to view the exhibition of 60 original works by Oklahoma artists that creatively portray the spirit of literacy.

I received an HONORABLE MENTION AWARD :  my quilted art piece entitled EYE READ!

Click on the links for more info   I’m thankful!  

https://okcliteracycoalition.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5a1a069cf935f0c18adfbcaad&id=f8c6e24afe&e=0ed8f3d4c6

Inherit my Quilt

 For my chillun— my hope😮😮😮

I’ve been obsessed with making the gorgeous-exquisite-yet simple 3block …..Quilt in a Day (Eleanor Burns)

AKA

DRESSED TO THE NINES!!! Quilt along!