Since black was the RSC color this month I decided to get out those small chunks of black and get these finished. I just picked through my little pile of 2.5 inch width scraps for anything long enough for the three geese bodies.
And sew on...
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CELEBRATE! (my word of the year)
Sept. 27 - Internet quilting friends. Over the years I've gotten to know many folks I've never met in person better than some folks I have actually met in person. One of those friends was Linda Ashworth. I say "was" because I think she has recently passed away. I had not heard from her for awhile and had no response to my emails I have been sending since 7/19. I knew she had been in and out of the hospital with heart problems and more recently kidney problems. Linda blogged at Koshka2 Quilts. She made many donation quilts for babies. Over the years she sent me photos of some babies on quilts she made, sent me a video of her granddaughter singing in a Christmas pageant and told me of the fun she had making lavendar bags and stuffed fabric heart Christmas decorations with her granddaughter. Along time ago sent me a little handmade drawstring bag all the way from the UK. I keep some hand quilting supplies in it.( When she asked for my addy because she wanted to send me something I told her thank you for the thought but it would be too expensive to send me anything from the UK but she insisted). I know she had a son Christopher who died in a car accident in 1996. She told me the pain never goes away. (That subject came up with the unexpected loss of my granddaughter Kayla). She liked the Twinkler quilt block and lived in a town with a ruined castle - Kenilworth Castle. She left many a lovely comment on my blog. Since I have not heard from her since July I figured she must be hospitalized once again and not doing well. I was worried about her. Not that I'm morbid or anything...I started looking to see if I could find an obituary for her. I think I have...Linda Ashworth obit. I'll sure miss our litttle email "chats". In 2022 she told me her sister Pat passed away and shortly after her sister's granddaughter gave birth to a son, Freddie. My response and her reply -
> On Thu, 13 Oct 2022, 18:57 , <Cathy> wrote:
>> Thanks for the update, Linda! The service sounds like it was a fitting tribute. And as the cycle goes...Pat joins the angels and an angel named Freddie is born.
>> Take care of yourself, Linda!
>> Cathy
On 2022-10-13 3:51 pm, Linda Ashworth wrote:
> Thanks for your lovely reply, Cathy.
> Very apt because the last line of my Eulogy was "May flights of angels sing thee to thy rest."
> Linda x
So I hope flights of angels sung her to her rest and may she rest in peace. I am a better person for having known her!
1 comment:
I remember Linda, too! She sometimes commented on my blog and I did on hers. I'm sorry to hear that news, Cathy. It's very true that we all get to know and care about each other from these blogs. Love those Night Flight blocks!
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