I don't think it gets any more precious than this: My 97 going-on-98 year old Granny teaching Kami to sew a quilt. And I mean REALLY teaching her (with a ton more patience than I would have!)
Granny was down in the nitty gritty, fixing the thread and resetting the bobbin. Sitting with her at the sewing machine for 2+ hours, guiding Kami's little hands and thoughts as Kami stitched her miniature quilt squares into bigger blocks.
(As an aside is it an amazing thing that my granny can still see well enough to put that thread through that tiny eye of the needle? That alone can be maddening at times!)
I was only at Granny's house for a few minutes... I dropped Kami off and called Granny about an hour later to see how the sewing was going.
Me: Hey Granny! How's it going?Gran: Well, it's going OK. Kamryn is sewing and I'm ripping out.
Me: What?
Gran: Well, when she makes mistakes, and she's going to, I just rip it out for her. It's going to take her some time to get the hang of it. It's certainly not going to help her if I do it for her! She's got to do it herself to learn it.
Me: Thanks for taking the time to help her, Granny!
Gran: Honey, that's all I got anymore is time. Happy to do it!
hours: 2quilt squares: 10
memories with Great Grandma: absolutely precious
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