"Be warm, inside and out." - Mary Engelbreit

Any handmade gift is akin to Thoreau's proverbial woodpile - it warms you twice.  It warms you first with the glow of receiving something from the heart, and it warms you again as you use it. 

This true in a very practical way with a handmade quilt, because physical warmth is what it's all about.

This quilt was made for me by my daughter Collette almost ten years ago.  I hung it on the wall of my sewing room where it served as inspiration for my own quilt making. 

Now I use it to curl up on the couch with a good book and a cup of tea, warmed all the way through..

All photos were taken at daughter Karen's house.

Old words that are becoming New again

A Chairy-full-of-Mary

  I never enter blog give-aways or contests.  Never, until now.  I was tempted and I succumbed. 

 Greetings from Geralyn is giving away a 'Chairy-full-of-Mary' on
 March 7. 



 And, my, what a chair full of stuff it is! Who could resis that?

Fortunately, the give-away rules are not very hard.

All I had to do was to come up with my favorite Mary Englebreight quote.  That was really easy, because 

the first time I saw the quote that ME had above the doorway to her workspace, I wanted a sign with the same quote for my sewing room.

 So, my daughter Karen designed and cross stitched one for me as a surprise!  I was thinking it was a few years ago,

but the note on the back says it was made in 2002.   Wow, time sure does fly!

I probably don't have much chance of winning.  There are many, many, entries.  But you can't blame a girl for trying.

I enjoyed having my special quote above the work table in my sewing room until we moved and downsized in August, 2009.  Now, in my cottage at the end of Hickory Lane, I am working at the kitchen table.  One of these days, I will rearrange things, find a permanent workspace, and rehang it.  After all, as ME says:

Post Script:  I didn't win :(