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| I'm glad I gave myself a manicure on Sunday! |
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| Miss Debra has been quilting for a very long time. |
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| Her stitches are perfect! |
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| She has trouble seeing and these are here tools to see! A thread guide and a magnifying glass. |
A Quilter’s Hands
What makes a quilter’s
hands?
Are they a certain age?
Young, old, from a certain
land?
A hand that sews?
A hand that works?
A hand that’s seen sorrow
and woes?
A hand that is barren?
A hand that multiplies.
A hand that is caring?
God gave us our hands,
To serve Him,
In every land.
To nurture and care
To toil and serve.
As we tarry here.
God gave us our quilter’s
hands,
To sew together our lives,
With fabric, tears and
laughter,
Serving Him the best we
can.
By Missy Shay
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| Abideth is seven and she wanted to sew a few stitches! |
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| Abideth also worked on her mom's cross stitch! |
Here are some closeups of the stitching.
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| These are mine and very crooked, but a lot better than when I started! |
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| I try to stitch in the ditch so that no one can see my crooked stitches! |
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| Joeann's stitches are perfect! |
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| Siouxsie's stitches are very uniform, which is good! |
We even got some pictures of stitching from the underside of the quilt!
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| Verity "helped" Siouxsie with her tangle! |
Of course the best thing about the quilt alongs is the fellowship!
I really recommend getting together with friends to quilt, it is what threads our lives together!
To see how I played around with the poem to make it look nice, go here: http://missyscakesandaprons.blogspot.com/2013/03/feline-friday_29.html
Have a great day!
Missy
I loved you poem and enjoyed seeing the stitch in progress shots.
ReplyDeleteYou will have to embroider that (or print it on fabric) and make a wall hanging for your quilting room! I don't quilt by hand and I really admire you all for your dedication and patience.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful stitches, beautiful fellowship and wonderful poem. I agree about hanging it in your sewing room or maybe making it the label for the quilt. Thanks for sharing your stitching!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your Stitching with friends photos. Your manicure is awesome and I love the poem.
ReplyDeleteMissy, love the nails! That's the first thing I noticed. Love your quilts too...wish I was close enough to join you in quilting. :)
ReplyDeleteYour pink manicure caught my eye at confessionsofafabricaddict! I really enjoyed 'watching' the quilting by hand. It looks like each stitch is done singly, not gathered up two or three at a time on the needle. Is this true? It's much easier to have perfect stitching when you only do one stitch at a time. The hand holding the needle does a lot more moving above and below the quilt though.
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Take care,
Meg
Happy Kids, Inc
Lovely poem Missy! It was so nice to see you all sitting around a frame stitching together like the quilting bees of old!
ReplyDeleteLove your poem! All the stitches look great to me - just remember we all have to start somewhere and get better with practice.
ReplyDeleteWhat a nice tribute to quilters. Glad you were able to spend time together and quilt too.
ReplyDeleteA wonderful poem...thanks for the inspiration!
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed all the hand photos, and the stitching shots!
Beautiful poem, photos and quilt, Missy! Whoop whoop!!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for linking up at Blog Hoppin' Weekends . I look forward to seeing you this coming weekend.
ReplyDeleteIt is my first visit to your blog and you have left me impressed with your post, I love it! Very cute poem, very beautiful photos! I'm glad I found you, through Thursday's Favorite. New follower here via GFC, bloglovinand google+.
ReplyDeleteI hope that you will visite my blog and if you like my creations I hope that you will considere to follow me back!
Nice blog here, love your creations!
Marisa from
http://passionetcouture.blogspot.ca/
I love all the hand stitching. Whether perfectly even or a little crooked, it makes no difference. It must be great to quilt in a group like that... lots of fun.
ReplyDeleteWonderful young stitchers on your post - so nice to see. Loved seeing your beautiful quilt and the poem that went along with it!
ReplyDeleteOh how I wish I had some quilty friends to quilt with. I know a couple of quilters ... but they all machine quilt only ... I hand quilt only, so no quilting together. :-(
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful post. Thank you, dear.
ReplyDeleteA wonderful poem and such beautiful photos to go with it! Thanks for sharing! Hope you all enjoyed your slow stitching...thanks for linking up!
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