This and That Tuesday

 Finishing up laundry this morning. Yes, those are red one piece long johns, you tend to need these when it's -56F *wink*

 Second time through, to wring out as much water as possible.

 Jeans are the next load, with towels and then whites to follow.

 We did get 5 or so inches of new snow and a two day cold snap, which is moving out late today :o)

 Okay I finished the edges of all the multi colored squares and decided to assemble another row and attach it to the one that was already done when I bought it. Looks good, yes?  I'm excited to get it finished and on the back of a chair or the couch.

 Closer view for ya!

 Next I decided to dig into my trunk and share some of my treasured keepsakes with you.

 Okay the feather comforter is not so special, just needed a place to store it to keep it safe.

 This quilt is VERY special to me, it was a gift from my Grandmother 4 yrs ago. I had given her the cross stitch squares for Christmas one year, knowing she'd made them before and seemed to enjoy doing them. Never in a million years did I think she'd work them up into a quilt for me.

 She hand quilts all of her quilts. Beautiful stitches, especially since she was 89 yrs old when she quilted this. BTW, she doesn't quilt any longer, due to poor eye sight and her hands have a hard time holding the needle, at age 94 yrs old.

  Her special tag, stating she was 89 yrs old when she completed this quilt.  This is the second quilt she's made for me. The first was when Mike and I were married almost 27 yrs ago. When my Great Grandma( my Grandma's mother) passed away, she left several quilt tops to be finished. When asked what we'd like for our wedding gift, I said one of Great Grandma's quilts. Now Great Grandma didn't buy special fabric, matching and beautiful as the quilts are made with today. She instead saved scraps  from clothing her family wore, old sheets, aprons, etc.....  The picture below is the finished quilt. My Great Grandma pieced the top and my Grandma put it together and hand quilted it. Again she made a tag for it stating these facts, making it such a very special keepsake. My Grandma can tell me which pieces where from who's shirts,dresses, aprons or sheets

 Our son, Jon was baptised in this tux with tails, very cute! I need to find our pictures of him in the tux and post a picture.

 See the tails?

 Cortney's baptism gown and bonnet. Maybe someday these will be handed down to my Grandchildren on their baptism days.

 These were Jon's first cowboy boots!  To cute Huh? They are made of real leather, such a soft leather. Again maybe someday I'll pass them down.

 My Aunt Linda made this when Jon was born and I used it for both of our children and it still looks like brand new. It is hand quilted as well. She still makes beautiful quilts, take a look for yourself on Grasshopperviewpoints

 This is a crocheted blanket made by Mike's Aunt Sidney, when Jon was born.

 This is the afghan she made for Cortney. I also have one that she made for me. She is a multi talented lady, crocheting, beading and many crafts.

 Okay now it's time to put the ham bone on to cook down for our ham and bean soup supper tonight.

 Stoke the stove up a bit, to take the chill off and keep the ham bone cooking right along.

One pitfall of a wood stove and a 101 yr old farm house, dust!  Well...... I better get the laundry finished , clean the bathroom, and of course dust( my pet peeve of chores *sigh*)

Blessings and productivity for your day :o)