My dad, step-mom, and paternal grandparents live on a 160-acre ranch up there.
My paternal grandma has always been a quilter, and every Thursday she, my great aunt (Grandma's sister), my cousin, my aunt, and my step-mom meet up and sew, baste quilts, hand quilt, paint quilt blocks with Aunt Martha's paint pens, and visit.
I was lucky enough to have Wednesday and Thursday free (cause hubby was off work and watched the kids for me)...anyways, drove up to my dad's place Wednesday afternoon/evening and spent the night there.
Then on Thursday morning my step-mom & I met up with my grandma, great aunt, cousin, and aunt, and hi-jinks ensued!!
We basted and pinned a queen-sized quilt that was a wedding present for my cousin's brother, sewed the border of said quilt, painted quilt blocks (with the aforementioned and linked paints), ate lunch, and visited.
I haven't seen any of them (except my step-mom) since mid-November, so it was nice to get to catch up.
I took a finished quilt and an in-progress quilt that I'm currently hand-quilting to show them and they were all really impressed.
I'm really hoping to be able to make yesterday's adventure a monthly thing, but we'll have to see!!
We basted and pinned a queen-sized quilt that was a wedding present for my cousin's brother, sewed the border of said quilt, painted quilt blocks (with the aforementioned and linked paints), ate lunch, and visited.
I haven't seen any of them (except my step-mom) since mid-November, so it was nice to get to catch up.
I took a finished quilt and an in-progress quilt that I'm currently hand-quilting to show them and they were all really impressed.
I'm really hoping to be able to make yesterday's adventure a monthly thing, but we'll have to see!!
