Yes, we do win in the end, and that thought ALWAYS gives me courage and hope. =)
I posted pics of quilts that I’ve made, at http://butterdezillion.wordpress.com/2012/05/27/an-aside-quilts/
I can only imagine the fun I would have quilting with somebody like your uncle. Lots of time to talk and plenty of interesting stories, I bet. I love to quilt.
The quilt for a wounded soldier was one I had intended to hand quilt. Turned out I couldn’t because the cloth was too thick for the needle to get through by hand, since it was reversible. My finger bled on the corner pretty badly before I figured out it wasn’t going to work so I had to wash that corner and then machine-quilt it. First time I ever machine-quilted. It was kind of a rushed thing to get it done in time for a Veteran’s Day program at school, so my husband was helping me keep the quilt straight so I could pull it along for the sewing machine because there was so much bulk. lol.
Quite a project it turned out to be, but even if it wasn’t everything I wanted it to be I’m thankful that I could at least do something to show my love and appreciation for one of our heroes.
Lovely quilts - thank for sharing! I still have the top of a double wedding ring quilt that my grandmother made in the 1930s but put away and never finished.
I took a quilting class and got down the basics but I am too afraid to ruin an heirloom so haven’t tried finishing it yet....ah well, one of these days the kids will be grown and gone : ( and I’ll have time to really work at it slowly and carefully.
Hang in there - I feel like the cracks in the dam are widening a bit and one of these days the torrent of information will come flooding out - I pray that it’s not too late to save the country but I also know that God will always preserve a remnant...either that or He’ll take us all home!