General Discussion & Chat: Best/Worse/What did I learn today? Chat with friends..newcomers always welcome.., 2 by psychw2

psychw2 wrote:
It\'s easy to give children too much & then they don\'t appreciate or take care of their stuff.

I don\'t do many containers, I don\'t have the consistency that they require. I do not have in ground sprinklers and even my yard I have to drag around a sprinkler. I am hoping this fall I can repair all the damage from the dogs in the back yard. .

My friend Debbie\'s grandson Liam has been with her this summer. He worked for Partners & Pals. That is a summer day camp kind of thing for DDA children. He is only 14 and put in long hours and only paid $100 per week. He loved it and had a real gift for working with the disabled kids. His sister is special needs and non-verbal, she is being raised by their grandma Debbie. She was a participant in the program (but not his assigned child).

The night before Liam was to fly back to Seattle, he told his grandma he would like some pajama pants. I brought Debbie my patterns, she measured him & cut out the first pair. I made them, delivered and he tried them on. I went home & made 2 more pair & delivered them. He wrote me the nicest thank you. Debbie does the most awesome machine embroidery but has NO interest in sewing clothes anymore. I have not sewn any people clothes in over a year, and it was years prior to that for latest. Doll clothes & quilts have been my sewing for the last several years.

I have not worked on sewing a quilt top since April when I went with my oldest son Dana & wife Carrie. I made the 2 black & white quilt tops while vacationing with them at a resort. The farm quilt is the one I entered in the local scrap challenge quilt competition last year. Marie and I have not used the longarm since Phil was hospitalized in March.