handquilting

is alive and well at the Sr Center in Tualatin, Or. We quilted in the ditch around each of the squares and then I whipstitched around all the little blue devil border squares. It would have been better to blind stitch, but the squares were poly cotton. It took forever, but sometimes beauty is its own reward and it did relieve some of the stress of sorting, giving away fabric and moving for me. I'll be living with my two daughters and two grandchildren. This move is in honor of the saying that we should be nice to our children because they will choose our nursing homes.

Finding homes for my collection of Singer 301s is a challenge. They are a wonderful machine but not as popular as the Featherweight, so I have to talk people into loving them and since my DD has two of her own, I don't feel we several more. Thank goodness I resisted the treadle urge.

Summer in western Oregon is getting ready to make the first day of school miserable for those kids who need to wear their new sweaters and shoes on the first day of school.
Betty in soon to be Gresham, Or.