sunday funday

in order to keep my mind occupied on mother's day, planned several tasks, most got done.  vacuuming, homemade pizza and lots of sewing rounded out the day.  finished this sew-along challenge piece:

juvenile delinq-cats ready for its new home, not sure yet where that will be.  

this little mini also got finished, sick of looking at it on my design wall, plus i needed the space for what else?  something new!  i machine quilted this one.  camera view has it looking lopsided but it isn't.  

more blue album blocks were sewn and trimmed and some sashing added.  i had toyed with the idea of blue cornerstones, but nahhh...this project is busting my muslin stash big time.  seeing them all together like this really encourages me to make more...

and the sign of a true friend is this wee squishie of new-to-me kaffe fabrics...one i've seen but the others not....i'll be using them right away cutting leaves for my hearts and leaves wreath wall quilt.

so what's on tap this week?  must assemble the wheelchair quilts for walter reed, to get the fabric off my sewing table.  also cut more blue album blocks, begin assembling the blue lotus wall piece, quilt more on s'mores, maybe some cross stitch too and definitely the dargate baskets....ambitious list i know.  the week has started on a high note with my 30 minutes of cardio...i try to get in 3 visits, total 90 minutes, which makes cardioman happy and boosts my mental outlook.  so very thankful i was forced into it as it's made a big difference in my quality of life.  

a blessed mom

that would be me... notice i didn't say perfect?  nope, plenty of mis-steps along the way but so proud of the woman my daughter has become.  beautiful, smart, gifted, funny, inquisitive, compassionate, sensitive....wouldn't trade her for anything!

this is the card i sent to my mom last year.   she loved forsythia blooming in the spring, not the neat, manicured type but branches that exploded with color and cascaded down to the ground.  it gave her such joy, and i was delighted to find this card for her.

she nearly always felt like being a mother was way above her pay grade, not ever having one herself.   she made every effort to be the kind of mother she wished she had.  i often told her she did that and more, but it never really squelched that deep down feeling of inadequacy.  i am so thankful she is now released from that feeling of failure.  

celebrating today?  then you are truly blessed.  far too many find today painful, full of grief, disappointment and unanswered prayer.  this year i'm one of them, along with other family members.  so please keep these people and me in mind, say a prayer that God would envelop us with His love and comfort.  

this by deborah culver: