I did finally put down the crochet hook and I've been busy doing a few other things.
Have you heard about the 70273 quilt project? I had not either, but I learned about it from this blog post from my friend Janet at Rogue Quilter.
From the person behind the project: (Jeanne Hewell-Chambers):
A brief overview:
Between January 1940 and August 1941, Nazis murdered 70,273 physically and mentally disabled people – men, women, teens, boys, and girls. Though they never even laid eyes on the disabled person they were evaluating, the Nazi doctors read the medical files and, if from the words on the page, the person was deemed “unfit” or an “economic burden on society”, the doctor placed a red X at the bottom of the form. Three doctors were to read each medical file, and when two of them made a red X on the page, the disabled person’s fate was sealed.
I will commemorate these 70,273 voiceless, powerless people who were so callously and casually murdered by gathering 70,273 blocks of white fabric (representing the paper the doctors read), each bearing two red X’s (representing one person), and I will stitch them together into quilts.
HOW POWERFUL IS THIS?
Some of my favorite patients would have fit into this category, as well as many other people that I have known and loved throughout my life. I made my XX block in memory of one of my favorite patients : Gene Gene.... who will forever hold a dear place in my heart. He's been gone for three years now, but I still thank God for bringing him into my life!
Click on the links above if you are interested in contributing to this powerful display of a sad history.
This sweet little girl came to visit Grandma and Papa by herself for the first time ever. She stayed a week with us and it was pure joy! We look forward to doing it again soon.
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| Maybe I should have cropped Papa out of this pic.... LOL |
Our other sweet grandchildren were here for a couple days and these two girls danced their hearts out while they were here together.
Sadly, these are the only pic's I got of the boys.....LOL. We enjoyed playing with some phone filters and had a few good laughs doing this.
Our friend sent me a picture of her newborn "Morgan" using her quilt that I made for her. I love it when a quilt gets used.
We celebrated Thanksgiving early, so it was a beautiful quiet day at home for the actual Thanksgiving day. Hubby and I fried shrimp and fish and it was so delicious. It was cold here that day, which is unusual for an eastern NC Thanksgiving. We had a nice little fire and I began stitching a vintage stitchery I won on eBay.
I have almost completed the lady at this point. I have enjoyed sitting and doing a little "mindless" stitching here and there.
My little Christmas trees are up and I have candles in the windows. My nativity set is out and I hope to make my final list for Christmas plans today.
See you again soon!
***Linking to Kathy's Slow Sunday Stitching for the quilt block and the cross stitch project.***
***Linking to Kathy's Slow Sunday Stitching for the quilt block and the cross stitch project.***