I spent Memorial Day at our lake house with my favorite
veteran, my husband. I did not know him
when he was drafted and served in the army.
I can’t imagine how hard it must be to live without your spouse for 2
years, more so if there are children involved. Or to send you children off to war.
I was lucky enough to meet him after he did his time and went to
college. We met when he was in graduate
school.
Memorial Day is to honor those that have died in service to
our country. At one time it was called
Decoration Day. I’m not sure when the
name was changed, but it was quite a while ago.
Does anyone remember?
A fellow blogger, Sew Cal Gal, did a great post about
Memorial Day. It moved me and gave some
options about we could do as both quilters and non-quilters to honor.
I made a flag for Wednesday’s Wanderings, as both a
decoration and to be all inclusive. We should honor everyone and anyone. It
should be for all who have died making our country great, whether they were in
the armed forces, or a policeman, fireman or a good Samaritan.
I started the block using the sew and flip technique on a
backing of batting. Stitched and quilted
in one step. This is what it looks like on the back. It's a great technique
to make a quick baby quilt, sewing strips that were cut selvage to selvage.
I just move from button to button with my feed dogs down. I don't cut my threads. When I have all of the buttons attached, I add a drop of Fray Chek to each button. When that's dry, I snip the threads. I love these scissors for getting nice and close.
