I’ve completely lost the “cross stitching bug”. I’ve laid out my current project on my work table, sat there for a few minutes and walked off to wash dishes or sweep the floor or . . . (those who know me know I HATE housework 😬 )

Over the last two years or so, I’ve felt a call to quilting and that seems to be calling me again. But I’m not all that nuts about traditional quilts . . . I was at a quilt show at our library and saw the pictured quilt and thought “I could do that and something like it would be great on my chair !”

The pictured quilt is an antique from about 1910. The woman who created it was a seamstress and had wool samples for men’s suits. The man would choose the fabric, she would order the appropriate quantity and then used some of the fabric to create the quilt. She embroidered a simple flower on each swatch.

So. . . my next post might be a picture of my sewing machine (I don’t own one) and the beginning of a placemat which seems like a good beginner project.