Baby C's Bibs and Quilt - Old School Style. Hurting People

Baby C's Bibs and Quilt - Old School Style

Some time ago I found a tutorial on A Little Tipsy.  She had a guest blogger - Rebecca at A Better Life Bags.  I absolutely loved this tutorial for these cute little shirt bibs so I headed out to our local Saver's Thrift Store, bought some shirts and here is the result!  

I backed one bib with old,  but very nice sheet material.  My daughter suggested flannel instead so the backside could be used to wipe Baby C's face with.  Perfect!

Then I had a ton of scraps from the bibs, so I made him a simple matching quilt - one of the few projects I quilted myself.  

Photos by my daughter

Photos by my daughter

To be honest this was made almost a year ago.  The binding had come undone.  A quilting teacher had suggested using silk thread for binding and attaching the label and I did.  Sadly, that has led to many quilt binding repairs.  Thanks to a reader's help, I now use Gutterman's hand quilting thread for bindings.  But, I digress.  

This simple quilt is one of my favorite projects.  It was made the way quilts used to be made - from used clothing/fabric. And it's so soft and cuddly.....

Photos by my daughter

I'm linking up to Moving It Forward Mondays at Em's Scrapbag as well as Oh Scrap!  at Quilting is More Fun Than Housework!
Hurting People
Something happened to me.
In a public setting, 
someone's words hurt me.

Day One
At the time,
it hurt.
A lot.

Day Two
The next day
it still hurt,
but I began to feel
God's healing touch.

Day Three
I was fine.
I was proud of the way I handled the situation - 
with dignity.

Interesting.
It took three days......
Just as it took 
three days for 
Jesus to rise from the dead.
There has to be a correlation there.

I pray 
that when I'm hurt,
my chemo brain 
reminds me remember 
to wait
three days.

I realize 
this quote is so true.

http://quotesgram.com/people-hurting-others-quotes/

I realize 

that the more hurt a person has be hurt,

the more they hurt others.

I realize 

that they may not even

realize they are hurting others.

I realize 

that the deeper their own hurts,

the more they hurt others.

I realize 

that they need to be responded to with grace, compassion and dignity.

I realize 

that they need to be prayed for and shown mercy.

I realize 

that I was once 

(and perhaps still am?)

one of them

and 

other's showed me 

great mercy,

great grace,

and prayed for me.

Let's be gentle with ourselves and others, 

yes?

http://quoteaddicts.com/topic/be-gentle-to-yourself-inspirational-quotes/

https://sidewalkschalk.com/2015/11/30/god-is-love-1-john-47-8/

Dear Friend, this is my truth.