Well, my GREAT grandmother turns 100 next Monday. And she still has a driver's license... Which amazes me!!! Obviously I've got some longevity genes!!! I was wracking my brain to come up with something to give to a woman who really needs nothing.. My first thought, a cake that says "Way to make it over TWO hills!" seemed, perhaps, not the most fitting joke for her (however if I make it to 100, PLEASE get me a cake that says this, I find it hilarious!) So then I recalled hearing a story of how when my grandfather (her son) was young, he was in bed sick for a week. So she put him to work embroidering kitchen towels. I have inherited a stack of these towels, and while I'm not sure they are the specific ones he worked on, I have since learned that every year (including last year) my great grandmother has diligently embroidered a set of Days of the Week kitchen towels for her annual church auction. HOORAY a great gift plan emerges!!! So in the stack of inherited towels I found 1 complete set, and its soo cute, little Dutch girls doing their weekly chores. I just so happened to have a set of 4 matching fat quarters and away I went tonight. I have the top done, now to do some machined-in-the-ditch quilting and bind w/a nice red border. (This last portion is a job for tomorrow-man) However here's the top as I'm too lazy to get my camera out AGAIN tomorrow nite when i'm all done ;o) And don't I have the cutest quilt holder with the big blue eyes??? She took one look at this and has requested I make HER one too... SIGH.
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