Christmas in Florida! Today I drove past a house where the couple were hanging their lights outside in t-shirts and shorts! At my house, my poinsettia is blooming like crazy....
Do you think of a poinsettia as a plant that is neck high? That is my plant in the front yard this year :)
The blooms are so beautiful.....
....even the lizards love them!
I would like to tell you about my little sewing group at school. There are eight 5th and 6th grade girls who are learning how to sew. This is the second year we have offered this community service sewing group after school. The girls are so sweet, patient and joyous! If I could post their beautiful happy faces, I would. They learn how to sew straight lines by making log cabins. They really are crazy log cabins until they start sewing straight!
We sew the squares all together and it looks so great, of course!
The next step we do with them is a basic 5x6 block baby quilt.
At the end of the year we donate our quilts to Wolfson Children's Hospital for the babies who need blankies. I have to say, I love our girlies...they work so hard and they do it joyfully. I have to also mention my good friend, Karen Walker. We teach the girls together and we are such a great team!
Hi! What a beautiful poinsettia :-) That is gorgeous! A sewing group at school? Great idea!! That's a great skill to learn and a craft too :-) Did you figure out the picture thing?
ReplyDeleteHi Michele! Hope you had a great holiday. My poinsettias didn't survive the freeze :-(
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What a pretty poinsettia plant. I do love seeing them grow and not in pots.
ReplyDeleteThe girls quilting is lovely and it is a lifelong journey for them.
My poor poinsettia.....the freezing temperatures last week did them in. Sometimes they come back and sometimes they don't. I'm keeping my fingers crossed! I can't say enough about my sewing girlies. They are so dedicated :-)
DeleteHi Mary Pat. Michele sent me to check out your new blog.Great start and I look forward to following you. My mom taught me to sew when I was 12 and I sewed in Home Ec. in high school and have been sewing ever since. I mainly quilt now. I love your use of bright colors. I also love your sewing group's work. I doubt they realize yet how very blessed they are to have you teach them this wonderful art and skill. I wish you all the best. Donna from east central Florida
ReplyDeleteHi Donna! Thank you for your kind words. I hope you will come back next week to see my challenge quilt. Do you have a blog? I am always looking to follow folks and learn about how to do things on my blog. Check out the amazing quilters in the challenge from Sew We Quilt. They are amazing!
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ReplyDeleteGruß Sylvia