Creation from the past

Thirty two years ago I was living in Lexington Kentucky with the Mr. as he finished up his PhD and then taught at the University of Kentucky for a few years.  I was working the evening shift at one of the hospitals and taking various classes during the day before work.
There was a wonderful old school house that was converted into classrooms for learning different crafts in town so I decided that I wanted to take an Amish Quilt class to make a wall hanging to give to my sister and her husband for their wedding present.  I had never done quilting before but I had lots of experience sewing.  Our mom taught us to sew when we were pretty young and so I had make clothes for myself for years.  This quilting class was a whole different beast altogether.  Everything we did was by hand, piecing and quilting.  No machine touched this quilt except my hands.  Bloody and pin pricked as they were.  I think I still can see some tiny little blood spots from my toils.  Not really but that adds a bit of drama to the whole endeavor.
I was so proud of this quilt square and was happy to give it to the newlyweds.  I also vowed to never quilt again!  It was hard work and I didn't really enjoy it so much.

Just look at those perfect little stitches!

Skip ahead 32 years and here I am eating my words.  Happily quilting away again.  Although I am using my sewing machine this time, I am planning to do some hand quilting as well.  I'm enjoying it now unlike when I was in my twenties.  Maybe I just needed a little maturity...and some work toughened hands to get going again.

Still hanging after all these years

I'm happy that they still like it too