"I don't want to drive up to the pearly gates in a shiny sports car, wearing beautifully, tailored clothes, my hair expertly coiffed, and with long, perfectly manicured fingernails. I want to drive up in a station wagon that has mud on the wheels from taking kids to scout camp. I want to be there with a smudge of peanut butter on my shirt from making sandwiches for a sick neighbors children. I want to be there with a little dirt under my fingernails from helping to weed someone's garden. I want to be there with children's sticky kisses on my cheeks and the tears of a friend on my shoulder. I want the Lord to know I was really here and that I really lived."

— Marjorie Pay Hinckley


"None of us come to this earth to gain our worth; we brought it with us."

--Sheri L. Dew

Monday, March 17, 2008

My masterpiece

Hello everyone, I finished my quilt a while back but many of you know I was making one so here are the pictures. I used my mom's old scrap material from all those dresses she made us girls over the years :) And, she had some old drapery samples so those are all the big squares. It is approximately 9' by 9' although one side is longer than the other, I don't know how that happened?

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Christine, I love finding other people's blogs!! I think our babies are about the same age if I remember correctly. Isaac will be 1 in just a couple weeks. . . it's amazing!

Carrie said...

OOOooo AAAaaah.... Seriously, it is realy cool, and what a gem because you used all of that old material that will remind you of the dresses your mom made. Good job!

Anonymous said...

It looks great Christine. Nice job, what a chore! Nancy B

Nicole said...

Wow! You're domestic and all that:) I think it looks great...welcome to the blogging world. How's Idaho treating you? I like the warmer weather of NM...I can even go outside and my nose won't freeze off.

Angie said...

Wow, Wriggles! I'm so impressed! What a treasure. Remember how you were going to help me make a mission quilt? I still have all those little scraps of clothes. Thanks for helping me get home from portugal! It's fun to see your cute Grace!

Sheena said...

Way to go Christine! It looks like it took a bit of time. :) Your blog is way cute!!!
Love ya,
Sheena