How to Have a Full Life

I so enjoy the email newsletter I get from Morna McEver Golletz each week. She always has helpful info and an interesting story to share. A recent newsletter contained the following food for thought:

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Quilt for a Cure – My Small Contribution

My local quilt shop is coordinating a challenge to help the American Cancer Society and Relay for Life. Participants are given a packet of fabrics from which to create a 12½” block. The blocks will then be sewn together to create a sampler quilt to be raffled as a fundraiser for Relay for Life. What a great idea!

I'd like to share my block. I chose Hand of Friendship for the center, with the Quilt for a Cure logo from the fabric in the middle, and then bordered it out to the correct size.

As the printing on the fabric was faint, I darkened it with a pigma pen. As usual, I didn’t manage to think to do this BEFORE I sewed the block together. Oh no – I waited until it was completely done so the pressure was on! Had I messed up my tracing, it would have been back to the beginning. But luck was with me and I stayed on the lines.

I actually have enough fabric left to make another block so may get that done before the deadline in Feb. If so, I’ll be sharing again!

My Longest-term Friend’s Birthday

To celebrate her birthday, I spent Friday evening and most of Saturday with my longest-term friend. Can’t say she’s my oldest friend beings she’s not age-wise – but we have been friends since 8th grade so she is the friend of longest duration. Having a close friend for nearly 40 years is a gift. We went through the teen years, marriages and kids together. And now we’re doing the second half.