So Much Whiteness
We were told about this storm, so no surprises.
After getting some bedding going, I retreated to the studio. Yesterday I was invigorated to put out a few stitches today. A group of like-minded individuals can do that for me. Getting together with stitchers is not a new thing.
When Orlin and I were farming in Boon Lake township, my mom, Lena, had gotten me involved with the Riverdale Quilting Club. Once a month we met at someone’s home that had a quilt frame up for either hand sewing a quilt or yarn tying a quilt. Often a dining room table was pushed to the side and there would be three of us to either side of the length of the quilt frame. As we worked the length for as far as our arms would reach across, the quilt frame was rolled for new area to be worked. For the most part a group of five or six of us could get a full sized quilt done in a day. Whomever hosted the group would have a hot dish or sandwiches for a quick noon meal. On rare occasions when fancy stitching was called for the hostess would have finished it on her own in days to come.
I would join the group after morning chores and after Carrie was on the Hutchinson school bus. Kevin would get packed up with me, complete with his choice of toys in a bag. Of course the place that we quilted at would have a basket of grandchildren’s toys that would be fresh for Kevin to play with. I was the youngest of the quilters and I enjoyed learning the tricks of the trade.
Even after we had moved out of the area and Lena had a quilt up, I would enjoy helping her when we visited. After we moved to the Madelia area, Orlin put together a quilt frame for me. There is a variety of red fabrics that constitutes a quilt pattern called Jacob’s ladder in my closet. That is the quilt I pieced and hand sewed for Kevin’s bed. Oh so many stitches.
My enjoyment of getting together with the group of women once a month at Baker’s Square, harkens back to the decades ago when the same kind of enjoyment was had at the Riverdale Quilting Club.
The heavy snow we are having today will allow for a quiet world as the wind may pick up. Neighbor Randy is already doing a swipe at what has fallen so far. Jan had shared with me at Christmas that Randy was just itching for snow to move with his long green line. Randy is getting his wish today.