As you may know, my sweet FIL passed away recently. Today was the first day of the house cleaning with all the siblings. It was a sad day but a good bonding activity for my husband and his brothers and sisters (6 total) but he brought me back some items that just made my day. First was the fishing quilt I had made for my FIL several years ago for Christmas along with a matching pillowcase. Second was a flag door banner that I made for him right after 9-11. Then, he brought me out to the Jeep and showed me the best yet - all of my FILs shirts, stripes, plaids and solids. We normally do family gifts at Christmas and I had suggested that perhaps this year we could give each family a lap quilt made from his shirts. His siblings know about the plan for the quilts but they don't know that I will put some picture transfers of their dad on it as well. So guess who will be starting their holiday sewing soon?????
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16 years ago