Remember...

Today is the first day in August. How time flies. It is just like the blink of an eye and we have already entered the second half of 2010. i am trying to recall what are the stuff i have done so far. Apart from the usual household chores, i managed to complete two patchwork blankets for my girl. At the moment, i am sewing a smaller one for the future grandkid. As i reflect upon my days , i realised that i'm just like my mother. She too did a lot of patchwork in her life time for family members, friends and relatives and she even sold a few to good friends. I remembered mom would asked me to take her round to all the garment factories around town and to buy all those remnant materials for her patchwork. She would buy them by the sacks and when she reached home, she would sort them out piece by piece. The ones that she could use, she would put them aside in boxes and the unwanted ones would be thrown away. i used to nag at her that she was just wasting good money as she would had thrown away more than she could use. As a result ,i started using the smaller pieces to create my own patchwork. Because the pieces of material were so small, i had to hand stitched the patchwok. It would be impossible to use the sewing machine. So mom had the whole sewing machine to herself. In a way, this was a good arrangement because we didn't have to share the sewing maching. So today, i need to thank mom for those smaller pieces of remnant material. If they were thrown them away, i would not be making use of them. By sewing, i have found a good way to make good use of my time other than reading or listening to the news on CNN, BBC, Aljezeera or the Australian news network. Mothers' Day this year has long passed but i would like to take this opportunity to say thank you mother. As usual, mother knows best what is good for her children when she had rested from her labours......i hope too that i will be able to leave a legacy for Christina when i migrate to another planet.