Old Fashioned New Fashioned

 After reading Kathy's post from Friday about remains of loved ones, I started to think about a bag of embroidery that I brought home after Mom's funeral in July.  We didn't have to go through and clear out her house as her husband continues to live there.  We do however, fear that he will one day get tired of living among all of her things and gather them for the trash.  He said as much while we were there and so we tried, subtly, to take a few mementos that we could not bear to see thrown to the curb.  Family pictures were gathered as well as this bag of her embroidery supplies.  I tried to get Mom interested in doing some handwork after her first surgery.  She wasn't up to much activity, but I thought some calm stitching might help her pass the days.  She did do a few pieces and even planned a quilt, but eventually gave up on it.   So I thought finishing her projects might be a nice remembrance of her.

A more pressing matter though is this quilt that went on the frame right before I went up to be with Mom this summer.  I was on quite a roll in June and was on track to finish off a good number of quilts.  July was a lost month and by the time I got back, I needed to start getting ready for back to school.  So here sits the same quilt, patiently waiting for a bit of time.  We are having a house full of guests for Thanksgiving and, getting quilt finished up will be the first step in transforming the sewing studio into the guest bedroom.  What are your plans for some slowdown time on Sunday?  Kathy has a link-up for handwork, so make sure you spare some time to see what everyone else is up to.