When I first started this project, I assumed that I would work with a few varieties of patterns. One pattern for hiker donors who had earned their blue shirt; one for blue and red; one for blue, red, and purple; and so on and so forth. I thought I’d have a set pattern for non-hiker …
My two grandmothers, Mattie and Kitty. So similar, yet so different. One shy, gentle, and meek. The other stubborn as a mule and open to some frivolity, if only on occasion. But both, strong, loving, and family-centered. My Grandmama (Mattie), as I called her, passed away when I was 9. I was old enough to …
When I first started the Wish Quilt, I imagined I’d be writing here talking about crochet. How I decided a little over two years ago to learn from my grandmother. How I’d done the Make A Wish Trailblaze Challenge the next year. And how it just seemed to come together naturally to use one old …