I like Thursday #13

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 Since this is my 13th post, I am glad that Friday the 13th isn't until tomorrow.  My mother says that my paternal grandmother was superstitious.  I am NOT.  Are you?  Do you know anyone who is?

This week's likes:

1. The first snow of the season.  

Sorry, I didn't take pictures.  It was so so beautiful but kept me home last Sunday when the twins were blessed.  The pass over the mountain was just too scary.  The good news is that I got to zoom in.  Because of Covid, many did which helps to keep my little ones safer.

2. Thanksmas back home.  

Yes, our family did get together to celebrate the two holidays before the real holidays.  It was our first time and will now be an annual activity.  We had a shotgun shoot, beat up a pinata, fish pond for the kids, gift exchange game, nerf gun war, and a quilt selection thing at mom's house.

Mom has made quilts for all of her married grandchildren.  Only 6 out of 21 grand children are currently married, but mom wanted the others to choose their quilt for when they wed in the future.  The youngest grandchildren are 8.  Mom struggles to sew now that she has dementia.  It has taken her years to make these 21 quilts and many many more, and I have machine quilted many of them for her.  As the quilts came out, I could tell each of their stories.  I remembered buying fabric with my mom, designing blocks for her, calculating yardage for her, sewing with her, and so so much more.  Dad wants me to write the quilt stories, and so I will.

P.S. Mom would kill me if she new her face was online.  She hates getting her picture taken.

"A" chose this one.  I quilted it for Mom. "A" is super special to our family because she was adopted by my brother and sister-in-law. A young mother hand picked them to become her parents and they were not even looking to adopt. They already had 3 children of their own. A truly came to us from God. We love her.

"T" automatically gets this one.  When he was about 4, he went to the fabric store with Mom.  She was packing around bolts of fabric, so he chose one to pack around too.  He really liked it, and it went with what she was picking out so she bought it.  It just always stuck as his quilt after that.

Mom chose a log cabin pattern from a book she gave us all for Christmas one year. We have talked of making a quilt from the book together but have not yet.  Perhaps 2021 will see that happen. 

Mom hand quilted this one recently. 

"P" gets this.  It was a round robin where many of us in the family along with some friends made a block.  Mom isn't quite done hand quilting it yet. She can still do that beautifully. 

I made the large watering can block in the center with a crow on it.

"A" chose this one.  It was a double wedding ring we did as a family  and friend round robin years ago.  It is beautifully hand quilted by Mom.  As it was folded neatly on the couch, no one chose it. Once it was opened and I told its story, "A" spoke for it immediately. 

I had to leave after these were sorted out, but I will try to gather the other photos and tell the stories they hold in later posts.

How were the quilts selected?  Each grand was able to put their name on two choices. Where there were multiple people wanting the same quilt, a name was randomly drawn.

3.  Honestly, I love that I get to go to school 5 days a week and mingle among the youth.  It gets me through those depressing days that linger every now and again.