One More Quilt

There is not much my mother needs or wants, but she does love the quilts I make her. She wants a quilt that coordinates with the painting above her bed. She told my sister Janet that is all she wanted in life, another quilt. My sister’s response to her was, “Good luck with that.” Janet knows how busy I am and how long it takes for me to make a quilt.

My mother is 85. She may only look 65, but still I know she is 85. So when she asked me if I would make her yet another a quilt, what could I say but, “yes.”

I had purposely taken two weeks off from teaching around the forth of July so I could get some things done around the house. Now these two weeks are filled with my working on this quilt.

It will take me much longer than two weeks, but at least I have a good block of time to get the foundation of the quilt done. Russ and Carter are off in Bucks County visiting Russ’ family. So I cut and sew and figure out exactly how many blocks I need.

So much for projects around the house. At 85 I am not sure how many more quilts my mother is going to need. I have already made her three others. When she gets to 90 and says all she wants is one more quilt I am going to put my foot down, but not until she is 90.