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First, we're still here and aren't going anywhere! As you'll see when we get into the heart of this podcast, Thanksgiving has been very hard. This will be our last newsletter for 2019 but we'll be back every Wednesday or Thursday with new emails after the new year.

Today I have a sad podcast about my Mother-in-law, Ellen, who passed away on Thanksgiving day. I’m sharing stories about Ellen as I begin making a memory quilt from her clothes.

I don’t think grief is a straight road. It’s a twisty, windy path through the woods. Some days are great. Some days are very sad. Making this memory quilt for my Father-in-law, Chet, is helping me walk this path and process my sadness.

Here are the steps I’ve taken on this memory quilt:

1. Cutting up the shirts and ripping out dart seams to create flat pieces of fabric.

2. Stabilizing the fabrics with French Fuse so they are easier to piece and will reinforce the material in case there are small holes from wear. You can find French Fuse right here.

3. Pressing the French Fuse to the wrong side of each piece with a medium heat iron.
Grieving isn’t an easy process and we’re taking it one day at a time.

I hope to get back to making tutorials and podcasts on my usual schedule in January 2020. Be looking forward to my Word of the Year podcast the last week of December, or first week of January.

Find more Hello My Quilting Friends Podcast Episodes here.

I mentioned working on fabric designs in this podcast as well. You can find the smaller Praying Angel Quilt Panel here (1 yard design). You can find the larger Praying Angel Quilt Panel here (2 yard design).

Let’s go quilt,

Leah Day

 

P.S. Pictured below is one of our favorite Christmas tree ornaments. Ellen took this picture at a local botanical garden when James first started walking.