EDITED for progress......Good morning friends !

Not alot of crafting going on over this-a-way, but I did manage to get a couple more aprons made yesterday......in between all the other activity-----bill-paying, selling things on the radio, visiting with family, shopping, cleaning !

I had hubby take a photo just now, since the last photo of the aprons just looked like a pile of fabric.   Yes, JoAnn, that is the fabric leftover from your mother's quilt.  I haven't been able to bring myself to use it in any quilts, and thought that because these are going to nursing home patients, this fabric would be totally appropriate.....THANK YOU !

It's just a very simple apron that I copy from the ones that I make hubby.  I never used a pattern.......it's just a  rectangle, with curves to narrow it for the bib.   I cut 2 1/2 inch strips across the width of the fabric for the neck strap and the ties.  I cut one strip in half for the ties, and one strip in half for the bib strap.  The apron itself is the width of one side of a width of folded 40 inch fabric, so I cut 2 aprons at a time, and 3 strips.   I sew the strips inside out with a 1/4 inch seam and turn them, and just hem all edges of the apron, then attach the straps at the appropriate spots.

Lastly, I sew a label inside the bib (when I remember) so that the patient's name can be written and the laundry will return it to the right person.

It's no big deal, I know.  Hubby uses these for every meal since his strokes, and is wearing them out.  While making him some new ones, I ran across bigger pieces of fabric that would be appropriate for ladies too, and since I see my friends often at the home, I thought they could use one too.  I hope to get one made for each of them, (men, too).

On the family front, there's a little BIG news.  When I came home on Wednesday after being out, the hubby said, "guess what happened while you were gone?"........and then he started crying !   I thought, "oh no, what's happpened.......I had to go out, oh, why did I leave him?"    He says, "no, it's good !    I had a call from my niece, Judy !"  Well, he has been trying to locate this particular niece and her two brothers since we came home over a year ago........I guess they're the last close family members for him to be reunited with after 30+ years.  We've sent out letters and had them come back.   Apparently, she had called a family member this week, just to see how things are going, and that person told her we were back.  She called someone else and got our number !   After talking to her uncle, she called the two brothers of hers, and by evening, hubby had had a call from all of them.   I told you it was a glorious day, didn't I? 
Praise the LORD !

Now, on to quilting !    I've just remembered that Autumn Taylor turns 2 years old next month !   She came over yesterday, and the two of us played dollies with the new quilt I'd made, and I think that I need to make HER a little quilt of her own.   Hopefully, I'll spend today in the sewing room starting that little project.  Have a wonderful Saturday everyone.........you too, Wanda Gayle !

Thinking of making it child-sized........possible layout.