Christmas 2020

We went big this year. We normally don't spend a ton on Christmas presents but when I recently did a rough calculation and realized my poor children have spent over 95% of their lives in their own home over the nine and half months with 90%ish of their awake hours at home with the same 4 people it made me want to make Christmas a big deal.

I have loved that after nine and a half months of forced together time we are a closer, happier family. I was reminded of my prompting from a year and a half ago that change was coming but that we would be better for it. I felt the fruition of that promise today as I realized there is no one I'd rather be stuck with than these three. They are my people and I am so eternally grateful to call them mine.

Sewing Projects

A quilt made for the granddaughter of one of my aunts.

A quilt made for the sister of a dear college friend who was going through radiation treatment.

There were many masks made this summer. Here are a few of the ones made for the kids. Many have since been lost. Sigh.

A quilt for a dear college roommate. I don't think I have ever put on so many borders. This quilt was so popular that a former co-worker of mine from Switzerland also ordered one.

Matthew liked the other one I made he wanted one of his own to hang on the wall for a cool zoom backdrop.

Baby quilt I made for a dear friend having a very LONG awaited baby #2.

T-shirt quilt I made for a former seminary student.

Wool quilt I made for Matthew's aunt.

 Some of the quilts (and masks) I've worked on this year. These have been such a saving grace to my sanity. I especially loved that so often the day I shipped off quilts to their owners fabric for the next quilt arrived in the mail. 

So many times when I have felt overwhelmed by life the answer to my prayers for help has been to sew. Creative outlets seem to have a calming and balancing power in my life. Oh how grateful I am to have discovered it so many years ago. It has blessed me so much.