Concerned About Growing Old?

[ruralmamma]

Quilting takes a special kind of person and lots of talent. It’s magical how quilts are designed the intricacies just floor me and so colorful, lots of creative themes and so much more .
I would luv to see some of yours. What type of machines do you use? How did you get started making quilts?

I was playing under my great-grandmother's quilting frame when I was a toddler and when I got older I would take a few stitches. Unfortunately I didn't take much of an interest until after my grandma passed away. I'm at least a fifth generation quilter.

I prefer scrappy quilts as that's what I grew up with. My own quilts are far from perfect and I had planned to begin hand quilting one this winter but haven't started yet. My others have been quilted using a plain old sewing machine and are far from perfect. I have a few sewing machines and my favorite is an old metal behemoth that weighs a ton and only does straight stitches.

 

[Marie2020]

I might be too old to learn new tricks
But my old tricks work just fine.

This is what I could do with...
My body needs a refresh button

 

[baymule]

@digitS' my church flip flops are sparkly ones!

 

[digitS']

i was in at a big box store (home depot) early yesterday morning and they have new new self-checkout stations. i only had 3 items, paying with cash, go for it ... had a handheld scanner –– didn't see anything else. shoot 'em ... saw a total & tried to put money in machine ... no, i needed to click "pay." employee already pointing beside me ... still can't put money in ... she clicked "no bags" & i shoved enuf for total in as cash ... it was asking for more ... by this time she was just standing beside me, might have been tapping a toe ... oh, the tax!

 

[Shades-of-Oregon]

I have dried floral arrangements that last many, many years and hold their shape much better than I. So-o …There ya go … sometimes aging is a good thing. I see many people are like flowers in the garden so many differnt types, sizes, shapes, colors , performance qualities and personalities.

 

[digitS']

 

[digitS']

 

[flowerbug]

I might be too old to learn new tricks
But my old tricks work just fine.

This is what I could do with...
My body needs a refresh button

i know what you mean. Thursday i had one of those days where i wasn't sure i was going to be able to do what i needed to get done on Friday, but it turned out ok in the end. probably a reaction to the scrambled eggs we had for dinner the previous evening - as a kid it wasn't ever good for me to eat eggs other in small amounts and in the past few months after eating eggs i'm noticing that my body does not appreciate them at all. at least in cookies, cookie dough and other baked goodies they don't seem to bother me as much. *whew!* i'll still probably back off on those too if i can - tough though...

so to be apropo to this thread, at times i worry that i'm not going to grow old enough!

 

[digitS']

"... as many as 2 percent of children are allergic to eggs."

American College of Allergies, Asthma & Immunology

 

[digitS']