Never stop creating

This month, I finished a quilt I started 2 years ago for my Mom. It shouldn't have taken me that long, but life happens. It wasn't the most difficult design; It's not the prettiest quilt I've ever seen, but it tells our story.
Mom understands it.
Mom taught me how to sew and we took quilting class together when I was in middle school. She taught me how to cook, and some of her recipes are still my favorite (green chile enchiladas!). She taught me how to garden, (mostly by making us weed the church flower beds!, and just by being passionate about fresh picked produce in general). She taught me how to can. Many hours spent in the steamy kitchen making strawberry jam and peeling apples for apple butter. I still love eating apple skins, without the rest of the apple. Granny Smith are the best! Mom taught me how to keep a home and enjoy my work. Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your heart. I hope I can pass some of these things onto my own children. I hope I can encourage their desire to create. It's something we all have within us. I guess with sewing and homemaking, Mom and my interests collided and I enjoy these things that she enjoyed. She always had a project working, sometimes many at one time!
I take joy in finishing projects; I try to finish one before I begin another. It's nice to finish and enjoy them, but I never want to be truly "finished". Completing one project simply makes way for new beginnings. I have a few new things up my sleeve!
For now, I hope Mom enjoys her quilt.  I hope it keeps her warm for years to come and that the hand-stitching holds true.  I love you, Mom!

Comments

Ash said…
aww cool! Yeah I need to live by that finish one before start another.....haha! Yeah we definitely have a cool mom that has taught us to create and make some perty cool stuff. Love that quilt and it's amazingly pretty!
July 22, 2014 at 4:53 PM
Anonymous said…
Thank you for the beautiful quilt. I will cherish it forever, even in heaven I think. You have taken my small attempts at life and made them into beautiful talents and I am so proud. May your children far excel you also as you have me. They already have a big head start. And, sadly, I still start new projects before finishing the old. One of my great weaknesses. I love you, Mom
October 2, 2014 at 10:10 PM
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