Grateful for so many things!

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and I find that this year I am grateful for so many things as always. I remember also that I need to be thankful daily and not just tomorrow.

​As a quilter and crafter, I have several new events in my life that are very exciting to me. I am very thankful for these.

I have been a Spanish teacher all of my adult life until recently. Once a teacher, always a teacher. So, I have been looking for a way to continue to teach but now to teach my passion: quilting and crafting. And now after some patience (which is difficult for me) my dream is coming true. 

I was given the opportunity by a dear new friend that owns a local quilt shop. She has had me teach several classes and they have gone very well. I am very grateful for her confidence in me as a "new" quilting teacher. Thank you, Nancy! 
Here are some photos of the table runners made at one of the classes from my new pattern.
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In addition to continuing to teach from Nancy's shop, I have been contracted to teach from a lovely shop across the bay in Annapolis, MD called The Crabby Quilter. I will be teaching in January, February and March 2023 once a month. I am excited because I will be teaching my own patterns for two of the classes. Cathy has given me a tremendous opportunity to meet people from the other side of the bridge. (The Bay Bridge is not my favorite but I will brave it for this!)

In March 2023, I will also be doing a lecture/ trunk show for the Valley Forge Quilt Guild. I am new at this in the quilting world, but used to speaking in a group so I am very grateful for this opportunity to share my ideas and almost thirty year journey in the quilting world. 

I was also given an opportunity to do make something that I had never made before. I was given a very large burgundy colored terry cloth bathrobe from a gentleman who had passed away. She wanted to have three baby bathrobes made from it. There really was not enough fabric in it to do that so I suggested a baby towel wrap with a hood. I had no pattern but I thought that it is just a couple of squares, right? I added some grey terry cloth to be able to make them big enough and backed them with flannel with a flannel hood. I was pleasantly surprised at how easy it was to work with terry cloth. Although my machine needed a good cleaning! 
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Most of all I am grateful for my family. Tomorrow I will be in NY visiting my son and daughter in law and her family as well. It will be a lovely day. I am already receiving celebration pics from the Atlanta kids and visiting family there.

I hope that you are finding the kind of opportunities that you are seeking whether teaching, crafting, quilting or whatever your passion is.  

I hope that you and yours have a wonderful Thanksgiving however and wherever you celebrate. 

Until next time.
Piecefully,
Trisha