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If you decide to make a quilt for America's 250th anniversary then you'll need to pull your sewing machine out of the garage and if you pull your sewing machine out then you'll need a place to put it and if there's no where to put it then you'll have to kick your 12 y.o. out of his room into the one that's been vacated by his older brothers and turn his room into a sewing/guest/study/quiet place for the new grand baby to nap. In other words you're going to have to recreate Grandma's classic Spare Room. I did that this weekend. It cost me $55, the price of a new floor lamp and a fresh set of sheets for the guest bed. Everything else was pulled from around the house, including the sewing table (which I found free on the side of the road months ago) and the purple chair (which has been the subject of much discussion on here already) and the fishing quilt on the wall which I started in high school and my mom's dear friend completed for me as a wedding gift. But what I really want to tell you about is my old Singer sewing machine and why it's especially significant that I be using it for my new grandson's patriotic quilt in honor of America's 250th. As a child I had the honor of watching my own mom be sworn in as a U.S. citizen. She was a refugee to this country from East Prussia after WW2. Her aunt had come to America many years prior and paid to sponsor my mom's family. Yes, U.S. citizens used to have to voluntarily pay for immigrant relatives to come here so they wouldn't be a burden on the gov't, imagine that. Anyway, my great-aunt Emma did that for my mom's family by being a seamstress. She worked for a famous dressmaker in Pasadena and she was very good. My mom's family lived with Aunt Emma till my grandpa was able to find work and support them. During that time she taught my mom how to sew. On this very machine! My mom sewed every blanket, pillow, and curtain in our house growing up. She sewed all the dresses for herself and us girls. She eventually upgraded to a fancier modern machine, but she taught me the basics (just the basics) on this one and passed it on to me. It still works, as was once typical for stuff made in the U.S.A. Here’s to America! And to quilts! And to classic Granny Spare Rooms! But most of all here’s to grandbabies and cozy places to tuck them in.

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