Dad brought mom up today to spend some time with me. She inspected my progress on the Colors Quilt (almost done) and proclaimed it "quite beautiful". It was such a delightful compliment, and it means so much coming from one of the most gifted seamstresses I've ever known.

Once we got mom all settled on the sofa, Dad showed me a giant garbage bag he'd brought. Inside was all my mother's fabric stash. She's not going to be able to do anything with it due to her stroke. I'm thrilled to have it and have plans to make lap quilts (aka napping quilts) for my dad and both brothers, using mom's fabric.

The bag is quite heavy, so I weighed myself, then weighed myself with the fabric. I gained 16 lbs!!!