After teaching this morning, i ran over to the fabric store to see if i could find some great felt for the needle books. Unfortunately no one had the heather bailey felt. But i did stumble onto some nice wool felt in limited colors. So i picked up a few pieces and will try them out tomorrow. I also bought a little silk duponi to try out as well. .
This evening, Gordon and i went over to Dad's house to go thru some of moms stash. She has two full dressers full of fabric everything from yards to fat quarters and some scraps. It's all sorted by color per drawer. It is a daunting project. I can understand dad's loss when he looks at it, especially as he doesnt sew, but has helped her over the years with many projects. I was only able to make it thru one dresser, before i had filled three boxes, and 2 brown paper shopping bags. So much to go thru. I did stumble across a find, a box full of silk fat quarters in in solids and prints.I love silk Also some squares that had been sewn together for i dont know what, she had several projects where squares were cut, or some were sewn together but she doesn't store the directions with the project. Ohh a little frustrating but i guess it will make same interesting thinking while figuring what to do. In the meantime, I plan on going thru some of this tomorrow and running it over to project linus. Mom donated many quilts to the local veterans hospital for patients, army family services and some for a few other places. She was even kind enough to give me one, that i gave to friend who has been fighting cancer. So much of a person goes into quilt making, they just seem like they're filled with love somehow. So I may not be quilter like her, but i can pass some more of her kindness around by donating some of her supplies.
Happy weekend
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