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<\/a><\/p>\nI have this quilt pinned together and ready to be quilted.\u00a0 I absolutely loved sewing these little blocks. So much so that I made another quilt just like it in Christmas colors.<\/p>\n
I put bird blocks in the center instead of a medallion like the pattern called for.<\/p>\n And I have this perfectly lovely material I found at an antique mall that will be the backing.\u00a0 I will show this quilt in more detail later.<\/p>\n I’ve had my snowman quilt out for the Winter, but it’s time to put it away.<\/p>\n I made this quilt when we had a store and I sewed quilts from the quilt books we sold.<\/p>\n My snow people have been keeping warm on the dining room table.\u00a0 But they will be put away soon.<\/p>\n We did have one good snow.\u00a0 I was hoping for a blizzard like we had in 1978 when our children were small and David was in the National Guard and went out to rescue people who were stuck in their homes without food or heat.\u00a0 At one house I remember him telling me they were burning their furniture in their fireplace to keep warm!\u00a0 \u00a0 My children and I were snug as bugs in our home with plenty of food because I have always kept food stocked for an emergency and we hardly ever run out of anything.<\/p>\n But we didn’t have a blizzard and the snow lasted for only a few days and now the temperatures are up in the sixties so Spring cannot be far.<\/p>\n We had second Christmas with our son and his girlfriend and her son.<\/p>\n I made the son a quilt like all the others. Now everyone has at least one quilt I have made.<\/p>\n Our son had the virus which is why they didn’t come at Christmas, but that’s okay. I love having a second chance to have a second Christmas!<\/p>\n I became another year older.\u00a0 I can remember as a girl talking with my friends, back in the sixties, about how old we would be in the year 2000 and we thought that fifty was old.\u00a0 Well, we have all passed that and are even older.\u00a0 \u00a0I have lost several friends in the past few years. Yes, we are not getting any younger.<\/p>\n David took a week off to celebrate my birthday. We went out to eat a few times and he gave me these…<\/p>\n Such beautiful roses.<\/p>\n I always love getting cards. People don’t send them like they use to.\u00a0 I still send cards to people because I think it’s just the extra thought that makes it special. Last year I sent a card and some money to a friend and he told me it made him feel like a kid again opening a birthday card and getting money.\u00a0 That made me happy.\u00a0 We all need to be treated like kids once in a while because we all are really just children in older bodies.\u00a0 \u00a0 I like to think everyone has a kid inside just waiting to burst out.<\/p>\n I had a very happy, uneventful birthday which was fine with me. I told David I didn’t want cake and ice cream because with this quarantine I know I have gained weight and so I didn’t need to add any more!\u00a0 It did seem strange not having a cake, but it was better that I didn’t have one.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n