Sunday, April 2, 2017

ONCE UPON A TIME



ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WAS A LITTLE GIRL CHILD NAMED SANDY.  SANDY WAS ONLY 7 YEARS OLD WHEN HER MOMMY WENT TO HEAVEN. THAT LITTLE GIRL WAS ME.  WHEN I WAS  IN MY SIXTIES I MET A WONDERFUL WOMAN NAMED ANNA MARIE PETERSON.  ANNA MARIE WAS A WONDERFUL WOMAN AND THE MOTHER OF MY NEW BEST FRIEND.  ALL OF THE GIRLS IN OUR ART GROUP CALLED HER MOM, SO DID I.  BUT I NEEDED MORE. I NEEDED A REAL MOTHER AND ASKED ANNA MARIE IF SHE WOULD ADOPT ME.  FROM THAT MOMENT ON I WAS PART OF A WONDERFUL NEW FAMILY.  I AGAIN HAD A MOTHER.  THIS DECEMBER MY WONDERFUL MOTHER TURNED 100 YEARS YOUNG.  THIS QUILT IS MY BIRTHDAY GIFT TO THIS WONDERFUL WOMAN.......  HER ONCE UPON A TIME.
ONCE UPON A TIME

ANNA MARIE WAS BORN AN ONLY CHILD.  SHE WAS BORN IN IOWA AND A BEAUTIFUL CHILD SHE WAS.


I LOVE THIS PICTURE OF MOM IN HER LITTLE MARY JANES.  I LOVED THEM SO MUCH THAT WHEN I MADE THE QUILT I CREATED MULTIPLES OF THE LITTLE SHOES.











THIS IS A PICTURE OF ME.  THIS PICTURES WAS TAKEN ON THE DAY OF MY MOTHERS FUNERAL.  THE LOOK ON THIS LITTLE FACE TOUCHES A SPOT DEEP WITHIN ME.  I NEEDED TO BE IN THE QUILT, LIKE I NEED TO BE IN MOM'S LIFE.




HERE ARE THE LITTLE MARY JANES AGAIN.  SO CUTE! I USED SCRAPBOOK PAPERS FOR THE BACKGROUNDS OF MY PICTURES AND SCANNED AND INKJET PRINTED THEM ON FABRIC SHEETS.  SOME OF THE BLACK LACE IS SCANNED AND SOME IS REAL ON THE FINISHED QUILT.



LIKE THE SHOES, ONE CUTE ANNA MARIE WAS NOT ENOUGH, SO I PLAYED WITH THE PICTURES AND THERE WERE THREE.



BUT LITTLE GIRLS GROW UP AND BECOME BIG GIRLS.

THIS PICTURE IS OF ANNA MARIE IN HER GRADUATION FORMAL. IN THIS PICTURE SHE HAD PLAYED THE ORGAN AT A WEDDING.
SHE STARTED PLAYING THE ORGAN IN CHURCH AND SHE WENT ON TO PLAY FOR 70 YEARS.

I THOUGHT SURELY I HAD HEARD THAT WRONG...WHO PLAYS THE ORGAN FOR 70 YEARS?
MOM DID!

PRINCE CHARMING CAME ALONG AND SO DID .... DON
          BETTY
          & RICH

MOM AND DAD WERE MARRIED FOR OVER 75 YEARS.  DAD PASSED AWAY A FEW YEARS BACK, BUT MOM LIVED ON AND JUST BECAME
MOM TO MORE AND MORE OF OUR FRIENDS.

I DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH ROOM ON THE QUILT FOR ALL THE GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, BUT I MET MOST OF THEM AT THE BIRTHDAY PARTY.

HERE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE FAMILY.

MOM LOVES EVERYONE SHE MEETS, BUT I LIKE TO THINK I HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE IN HER HEART AND I
KNOW SHE HAS A SPECIAL PLACE IN MINE...REDFOX

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