Oops. See those corners above? They are supposed to match up. Because I was in a hurry, I sewed the seam without making sure they did. And instead of fixing the mistake when it happened, I put the quilt top in a box and packed it away (thinking it would fix itself???).Now, in my defense, this was before we moved and I was rushing through this quilt top so I could make a quilt for Joshua.
Last week, inspired by my new friends at Bible study, I pulled the quilt top out of the box and found my seam ripper. Less than 10 minutes later the problem was fixed. It only took ten minutes, but in my mind, it was a big, huge problem.
I'm happy to say, yesterday, I finished piecing the whole top.
Yay!
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Oh, those letters in the title? When I was in college, I often saw fellow students wearing pins with those letters. Of course, being curious, I asked what the letters stood for.
Please Be Patient God Isn't Finished With Me Yet.
I'm so thankful God doesn't operate the way I do. When He sees a flaw (and there are many...so many) in me, He doesn't fold me up and put me in a box to think about my mistake (sin) for a year or two. He gets the seam ripper out right away and carefully and gently corrects me, reprimands me, encourages me and stitches me back together again. And again.
And He's not finished with me yet.
(un-ironed, fresh out of the box) quilt top
8 comments:
Thanks for your generous donation for Richard's fundraising 5K. Mike and I walked the route on Sunday afternoon. It should be a lot of fun. Oh, and with your donation, Richard is already 70% to his goal! Yay!
Your quilt top is beautiful!
(I am so glad God isn't finished with me yet ~ I really don't want this to be the finished product!)
Blessings!
Hey! You quilt just like me :)
That is a very beautiful quilt top. Pretty soon it will be quilting weather, where you can hand quilt with it on your lap during those cool evenings. If you were in the Northwoods, you could have started that already :)
Nice....wish it was on my sofa for movie night !
Good thoughts Cheri. Sometimes I put myself in the box, thinking I am damaged goods. It is good that God's thoughts are different than mine. Have fun quilting. Linda
Was that the one we purchased when the fabric store was going out of business, for Daniel when he went to college? Isn't he a senior :)
Love ya,
Ann
So pretty! Wish I could quilt (or should I say that I wish I had the motivation to quilt!) Some day when we live in the same town again, maybe I will take up quilting and we can do it together (of course it will mostly be you, but I can do just enough to feel like I can quilt!) :)
You are welcome!
I agree Lady Farmer, I have a l-o-n-g way to go!
Thanks, Becky. It will make for a cozy companion this winter (and probably the next and the next based on my past history).
Thanks, Anon. But this one is staying here.
You are definitely not damaged goods, Linda!
And yes, Ann, your point....? :)
Kristi, I remember the last time we quilted something together....sounds like you want to repeat that process. I'm game!
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