quilting

Add needlework to my vast array of skills. I tried and failed knitting a few years ago, but now the need has risen for me to pitch in to finish the quilt for our baby.

michelle did all the work of cutting up the fabric and piecing it together, with help from Sarah in the early stages, and a little help from me when we put the puzzle together. she was going to machine quilt for the last step, but apparently that wasn't working, so we're doing it by hand.

since her fibro is flaring lately, she asked me to pitch in, and since it's pretty straitforward, we figured I could handle it. so I gave it a shot last night, and made some pretty good progress. to balance out the manliness factor, I watched the Braves-Mets and Astros-Giants games while I sewed. it's not perfect, but thankfully we're happy with less-than-perfect.

so I'm making a quilt for my kid, and besides the tweak in my back from doing it for 3 hours last night, I couldn't be happier.