A couple of years ago there was a big upset in my son's house that ultimately lead to a divorce. It was pretty traumatic, sad and a painful period for everyone.
Fast forward a couple of years, by God's Grace a lot of healing has happened and now not only do I have a new, beautiful grand-daughter but apparently I'm also inheriting some additional family members.
We moms can only do what we can do. Raise them the best we know how and then roll with the punches. Don't forget to pray like crazy. But we have a lot of power to bring peace, unity and forgiveness to the mix.
Sewing indeed mends the soul. For both the person sewing and for the person receiving. The New Little Miss will go a long way for bringing the family unit together because who couldn't love a new baby, right? The #1 g-son said "Grandma, just holding her makes you happy." But she cannot do it alone.
They like to have "movie night" so I decided to make lap quilts for all. I'm going to start with the mom of this new unit.
Last night when the Needlers* met, I went through one of my scrap bins (yes, that was "binS" with an "s") It happened to be a bin full of strips saved over years. I know you can all relate. Charlotte S. suggested a scrappy log cabin lap quilt. Lord knows I have plenty of strips....with some to spare. Hummmm....good idea.
I fired up Electric Quilt and played around with some designs. This is the one I settled on.
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| Finished size, 46" by 55" |
Oh, you may be asking if I finished Storm at Sea (which is for "The Original" in the picture above.) Ah, you probably know the answer to that....truth be told, I'm still struggling with color placement. An easy project like a log cabin will be a nice diversion.
*Needlers is our quilt group that get together each Tuesday night in the Mezzanine room in the building where I live.
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