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“I have given skill to all the skillful, so that they may make all that I have commanded you. “ Exodus 31:6


“O Thou who art the all pervading glory of the world, we bless Thee for the power of beauty to gladden our hearts.
We praise Thee that even the least of us may feel a thrill of the creative joy when we give form and substance to our thoughts and, beholding our handiwork, find it good and fair. “.
Walter Rauschenbusch


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"Come, and listen, all you who fear God; let me tell you what He has done for me.
I cried out to Him with my mouth; His praise was on my tongue.
If I had cherished sin in my heart, the LORD woud not have listened and heard my voice in prayer.
Praise be to God, Who has not rejected my prayer or withheld His love from me!" Psalm 66:16-20
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Friday, January 8, 2021

Gifts and other projects from this Christmas season

 I made myself this lap afghan this December, using bits of yarn skeins that I found at our local second-hand store.


  It's a wonderful size for my lap and legs inside, but I'm currently finding it helpful for when I get into the cold car on these Winter mornings.  I very much enjoyed picking up some crocheting for the first time in a great while.


This quilt was made earlier in the year, and gifted to my friend's mother-in-law, Jo Easley, also a friend of mine. 

The yellow quilt, measuring approximately 50 inches square is actually two-sided, having begun with me piecing 8-inch hexagons together. I then took the leftover triangles, from cutting out the hexies, and turned them into stars.  As it developed, what was intended for a backing for the hexagon quilt turned out to be what I now consider the front, instead.  I gifted this one to my sister-in-law, Deb Powers, for her 65th birthday, on December 27th, 2020.  She said that I need not give her another gift for the remainder of her birthdays !  She treasures this quilt !

All machine-quilted



This little log-cabin quilt, just big enough to cover the knees while sitting, was made as a gift for Carole B. after seeing a bed-sized quilt that she had made many years ago.  Carole's husband, (both of them in their 70's)
, mysteriously disappeared this past Summer, and has not been found.  He was suffering early stages of dementia, and his car was found abandoned in the center of a country road, with the drivers' side door open, and no sign of him or any struggle.

And this one was gifted to my fellow quilter-friend, Darleene.  The fabric line was called Air Mail, and thusly, I thought that it was fairly appropriate, as Darleene is a formal Post Office Mistress/mail deliverer.

There are a couple more finishes but they will have to wait until received by the intended family members.