Mark's father passed away at 12:43a.m. this morning. He was a wonderful man and I will miss him terribly.
Thank you all for your prayers and kindness over the last few weeks.
piecin' love,
Terri
Friday, February 15, 2008
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Quick Update
Mark's mom was sent home from the hospital. All her testing revealed she has an ulcer but no heart problems. We had lunch with them on Sunday and they were in good spirits....tired but doing ok, considering. Mark's dad is suffering the effects of prolonged narcotic (pain killer) use...memory loss, confusion, little spurts of energy that he doesn't know how to handle and then profound tiredness. Hospice has started coming in to help Mom with Dad. And we are going to be setting up an extra sleeping space so we can take turns spending the night once in a while to allow Mom to get a full night's sleep. (Dad doesn't sleep through the night anymore).
Please keep them in your prayers.
The antique quilt is quilted. The customer chose Daisy Swirl pantograph by Jodi Beamish. It worked well with the quilt and is dense enough to secure all seams. Now I just have to get it binded. Thanks to Kathy K for your help and willingness to barter. :)
Still have to take those pictures!
piecin' love,
Terri
Please keep them in your prayers.
The antique quilt is quilted. The customer chose Daisy Swirl pantograph by Jodi Beamish. It worked well with the quilt and is dense enough to secure all seams. Now I just have to get it binded. Thanks to Kathy K for your help and willingness to barter. :)
Still have to take those pictures!
piecin' love,
Terri
Friday, February 1, 2008
Prayer Requests, Antique Quilts and "Ear Candy"
We've survived the trauma of my daughter's accident. Leslie's whiplash is better now. Silly girl went snowmobiling a week after the accident which put her back to square one in the healing process. The car is gone, having been "totalled" and hauled away by the insurance company. Now we're just waiting for the check to come so we can buy a different car. Thanks for your well wishes and prayers for Leslie.
Today, I have a couple of prayer requests.
First: My husband Mark's father has widespread cancer and they've started hospice to help his mom take care of him. They've upped his medication several times over the last couple of weeks. Right now they are just trying to keep ahead of the pain. My prayers for him are that he'll be comfortable for the time he has left.
Second: Mark is, as I write this, at the hospital with his mom. She was having chest pains so they took her to the emergency room. Initial testing, including EKG, didn't find anything, so they've decided to keep her overnight for stress testing. My prayer for her is that it will be something simple (anxiety, stress) that can be relieved with medication and she'll be able to go home tomorrow. I know she is under a lot of stress, taking care of Mark's dad and all, but she has had two operations in the last couple years to put stints in her heart. I am praying it isn't anything so serious this time. Mark's dad is stressed as well, from pain and worrying about her health.
Their names are Bob & Carol. If you could include them in your prayers, I would be so grateful.
Right now, I am very much enjoying the task of "restoring" an antique quilt made in the 30's. It's made with scraps of clothing and feedsack materials. All hand-sewn. It's a beautiful charm quilt made with trapezoid shapes. The lady who brought it to me said it was made by her grandmother. Apparently, sometime since it was made, the batting and backing were replaced. It came to me tied with yellow yarn and the backing is a sheet printed with yellow roses. The back was brought to the front and machine sewn down to make a wide border. I had to make some repairs to the front where fabrics raveled and seams came undone. She originally wanted me to quilt it as it was with an overall pantograph design to keep the seams secure and preserve it further for future generations. However, there were puckers in the back and the back was much looser than the front. I convinced her to let me take it apart, quilt it and use the extra fabric from the wide border to make a binding. I want to find a pantograph pattern that looks old-fashioned. I'll post pictures when I get a chance.
I just finished listening to a great audiobook. ("ear candy" LOL) It's called "The Undomestic Goddess" by Sophie Kinsella. Here's what's on the back cover: Workaholic attorney Samantha Sweeting has just done the unthinkable. She's made a mistake so huge, it'll wreck any chance of a partnership. Going into utter meltdown, she walks out of her London office, gets on a train, and ends up in the middle of nowhere. Asking for directions at a big, beautiful house, she's mistaken for an interviewee and finds herself being offered a job as housekeeper. Her employers have no idea they've hired a lawyer--and Samantha has no idea how to work the oven. She can't sew on a button, bake a potato, or get the #@%# ironing board to open. How she takes a deep breath and begins to cope--and finds love--is a story as delicious as the bread she learns to bake.But will her old life ever catch up with her? And if it does...will she want it back?
It's really a fun book. And Renee Zellwegger popped into my mind while I was listening. I think it would make a great movie. :o)
Everyone have a great weekend!
piecin' love,
Terri
Today, I have a couple of prayer requests.
First: My husband Mark's father has widespread cancer and they've started hospice to help his mom take care of him. They've upped his medication several times over the last couple of weeks. Right now they are just trying to keep ahead of the pain. My prayers for him are that he'll be comfortable for the time he has left.
Second: Mark is, as I write this, at the hospital with his mom. She was having chest pains so they took her to the emergency room. Initial testing, including EKG, didn't find anything, so they've decided to keep her overnight for stress testing. My prayer for her is that it will be something simple (anxiety, stress) that can be relieved with medication and she'll be able to go home tomorrow. I know she is under a lot of stress, taking care of Mark's dad and all, but she has had two operations in the last couple years to put stints in her heart. I am praying it isn't anything so serious this time. Mark's dad is stressed as well, from pain and worrying about her health.
Their names are Bob & Carol. If you could include them in your prayers, I would be so grateful.
Right now, I am very much enjoying the task of "restoring" an antique quilt made in the 30's. It's made with scraps of clothing and feedsack materials. All hand-sewn. It's a beautiful charm quilt made with trapezoid shapes. The lady who brought it to me said it was made by her grandmother. Apparently, sometime since it was made, the batting and backing were replaced. It came to me tied with yellow yarn and the backing is a sheet printed with yellow roses. The back was brought to the front and machine sewn down to make a wide border. I had to make some repairs to the front where fabrics raveled and seams came undone. She originally wanted me to quilt it as it was with an overall pantograph design to keep the seams secure and preserve it further for future generations. However, there were puckers in the back and the back was much looser than the front. I convinced her to let me take it apart, quilt it and use the extra fabric from the wide border to make a binding. I want to find a pantograph pattern that looks old-fashioned. I'll post pictures when I get a chance.
I just finished listening to a great audiobook. ("ear candy" LOL) It's called "The Undomestic Goddess" by Sophie Kinsella. Here's what's on the back cover: Workaholic attorney Samantha Sweeting has just done the unthinkable. She's made a mistake so huge, it'll wreck any chance of a partnership. Going into utter meltdown, she walks out of her London office, gets on a train, and ends up in the middle of nowhere. Asking for directions at a big, beautiful house, she's mistaken for an interviewee and finds herself being offered a job as housekeeper. Her employers have no idea they've hired a lawyer--and Samantha has no idea how to work the oven. She can't sew on a button, bake a potato, or get the #@%# ironing board to open. How she takes a deep breath and begins to cope--and finds love--is a story as delicious as the bread she learns to bake.But will her old life ever catch up with her? And if it does...will she want it back?
It's really a fun book. And Renee Zellwegger popped into my mind while I was listening. I think it would make a great movie. :o)
Everyone have a great weekend!
piecin' love,
Terri
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