I sure loved it when I did it. There was something so satisfying about just sitting with the other ladies sewing & chatting & watching a pattern taking place. I did one Calendar Bears piece that had a teddy bear dressed for each month of the year in appropriate monthly costumes such as a black top hat with champagne for January, a Cupid Bear for Feb.,... Yankee Doodle Dandy type for July &.... dressed in turkey costume for Nov., SantaBear for December, that type of thing. There were a zillion thread changes!!!! But it was a big piece - I think 24 x 18 or something and when all 12 Calendar Bears were done, I was soooo proud. Then I did a zillion samplers and Bible verse pieces & lots with flowers & pretty sayings for gifts for women. Such a wonderful way to pass time & zone out & create in the process! Eventually though I started a walking program and after lunch I would walk rather than sew so I finally gave it up.
__________________  Jeanie and Tibbe One must do the best one can. You may get some marks for a very imperfect answer: you will certainly get none for leaving the question alone. C. S. Lewis |