Thursday, January 19, 2012

Snow & Quilt Repeat



And more snow. I love it, but only because we do not have to go anywhere. Actually, I don't think we could go anywhere, even if we wanted to. So, we stayed home again today -and I quilted.



I finished the body of my quilt yesterday, and now I only have the border left to finish. I am doing a lot of thinking while I quilt. Some of my thinking is remembering when I first started making this -my youngest was a toddler and now she's eighteen! Granted, it was put away in a box for several years, but I spent over a year piecing it and now it's going to have been over a year quilting it. It is a bit like my children -lots of hard work from beginning to end. At times, both raising children and making this quilt seemed incredibly overwhelming and impossible to do. But quilting is done one stitch at a time, and parenting is accomplished one day at a time. You focus on those individual stitches and days and do the best you can until one day you're finished. There is no more left for you to do, and you step back and see that the result is so incredibly awesome you can hardly believe you've had a part in it!

5 comments:

  1. Lovely blog entry, quilt and family! Glad everyone is safe and warm. :O)

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  2. Wow! I love the analogy of quilting and parenting. I didn't know I was feeling particularly emotional today! This post did bring a tear to my eye. I have a long neglected 'Patchwork' the size of a single bed. Thankfully my children are the cause of neglect to the 'quilt'. The children are not neglected! Your quilt and children are beautiful. May you have many happy years admiring the awesomeness of your work. :) x

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  3. What a beautiful quilt, I too have one that is 17 years old, I put it away for years and just pulled it out the other day, with hopes of finishing it. Love the colorful quilt and the colorful children, thanks for sharing, it's nice to have the time to catch up on your blog. The snow was pretty, and I'm glad I didn't have to go anywhere either.

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  4. I also appreciate the beauty in your quilt and your family- awesome work Tamra!

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  5. I think I have finally figured out how to comment on your blog.... Wow the kids have grown up, and how beautiful they all are... Miss and Love you... Mindy By the way I have to post as anonymous... 0.0

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