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During my grade school years, my mother would put a 'quilt on' for friends and family to come and quilt while my siblings and cousins played underneath it. During one of these occasions I was ill and, when everyone left for dinner I was left home alone (being old enough to do so). I asked my Mom if I could stitch while they were gone and she said okay. I only recall that I was too tired to take more than four or five stitches and never did ... Read Full Bio »

During my grade school years, my mother would put a 'quilt on' for friends and family to come and quilt while my siblings and cousins played underneath it. During one of these occasions I was ill and, when everyone left for dinner I was left home alone (being old enough to do so). I asked my Mom if I could stitch while they were gone and she said okay. I only recall that I was too tired to take more than four or five stitches and never did hear if my stitches were 'up to par' or not. Since then I have had 'Mom's' approval on many things I have stitched, crocheted, knitted, quilted and to this day she will take a piece that I am working on, look at it (in other words, inspect it) give her 'nod' and hand it back for me to continue working on. Mom is 91 years old and not able to make her once nimble fingers do what her heart desires. Quilting, tho, is the thread that ties our family with Grandma Reid (Mae, my Dad's mom) being the 'quilter' extraordinaire.