thank-you's and quilts

When Jackie came in yesterday evening she brought me a thank you card from my Grandaughter and Great-grandson - apparently he loves the Caterpiller quilt I made for him! (no picture of him with the quilt - yet!)
He had helped Mummy to write the card by drawing on it - his version of an ice cream which spilled out all over the inside of the card! guess it's his idea of of something nice - ice cream!

This little lad has chicken pox - and has been very spotty, I have steered clear of him while he was in the infectious stage - I don't really want to run the risk of Shingles this near to going to Cumbria! but I have kept up with the progress of this infection! we will baby sit this afternoon while Mummy, Aimee, baby sits Jackies little charge (she is Nanny to two little girls , one goes to nursery and one stays home), while she goes to have a a mamogram. Complicated arrangement I know but Jackies charge is very uncertain of people she doesn't know very well and would probably have screamed from the time that Jackie left her till the time she came back. She is about 18 months old by the way! and although she has come visiting us occasionally she doesn't know us well.

On Monday evening I took cousin Dorothy and my friend Sue to our quilt meeting - we belong to Thameside Quilters - and on Monday we had a talk by Gill Turley on 'Something old Something new' where she told us about the quilts she makes from reclaimed fabrics - mainly mens shirts.
She had some lovely quilts with her and I wish I had taken my camera because she was allowing photos.....some of the quilts have been in books (Quick quilts to be made in a weekend, is one of the books.) so I have been able to have a look again at some of the quilts. She used to hand quilt with tiny stitches but these days (with failing eyesight - she says!) she now uses larger stitches and thicker yarns.......these quilts are beautiful and so soft and cuddly.

I was glad I took Dorothy, it was the first real outing since her mastectomy two weeks ago. She was begining to get a bit down from staying at home all the time - she is like Brian and likes to be 'out and doing ' and although she was tired when I dropped her off at her home she said she had a nice evening. She goes to the hospital to see the surgeon again today - and hopes that they will remove the last of the dressings. The plasters irritate her skin.