In my previous post about Grandparents’ Day, I suggested one way to commemorate was recalling your quilting occasions with Grandmother…if you quilted with her.  So I should do this myself. 
My maternal grandmother, Nanny, taught me the first rudiments about sewing and quilting when I was 6-8 years old.  Our first sewing sessions together consisted of making clothes for my dolls.  Nanny even made a cloth leg for one of my dolls who lost hers.
Then Nanny let me help her make quilts for us four children.  I recall sitting at her kitchen table, cutting pieces, then sewing them together by hand.  …read more

                                           Sunday, September 9 commemmorates National Grandparents’ Day.  How are you celebrating this occasion?
*Visit your grandparents.
*Invite your grandparents to your home.
*Take them out to eat.
*Send them a note, a card, a gift.
*Phone them if they live too far away.
*”Adopt” someone for a grandparent if yous live far away or are no longer living.
*Teach grandparent appreciation to your children.
         *Make a Grandmother’s Flower Garden quilt! 
*Write  “What grandparents mean to me”  story and post it on your blog.
*Tell your children and grandchildren about your grandparents so those stories aren’t forgotten        and lost to your family history.
*Recall quilting with your grandmother…or resolve to …read more