New patterns

Well, I have trying to get back to work this week. It has been so hard, thinking about my mom and then that starts me crying. But I know that I have to accept it. Trying to spend time with my dad everyday now, he is so lonesome and lost without her. But a few friends are starting to ask him to go with them places. He doesn't really want to leave the house yet, but is forcing himself to. I guess it will take us all a lot time to get back to normal living again.
Well, I am still looking forward to Christmas as you can see from the new patterns I designed this week. In the first picture , this one is called Holiday St. Nicks: the one santa is made in a cone and the other one is made on a bobbin. Both are super easy to do. the second one I am calling Santa's Reindeer, so many have ask for the pattern version of this after seeing my picture on one of my earlier blogs, I made 2 different sizes of theses and absolutely love them. They make up extremely quick.

This last pattern I made up last night about midnight, couldn't sleep. Waiting on my daughter to come up from a date. I call this pattern "In flight". I guess I am into reindeer this year. I am trying to make patterns that are simple and quick, for the shows this year.

I guess I am definitely in the War Eagle show this year. Hoping it is as good as I have heard. We will have to travel a good ways for that one. I can't wait. I wanted to try something new this year and I guess this one is going to be it. I am going to redo my booth design somewhat. I like my overall look, but it is so heavy to lift. It will be just my husband and I doing the shows this year. My daughter who is almost 19, doesn't want to do the shows any longer, she works at CVS and goes part time to college and a busy social life. Going to miss having her with us, she was always my cash register person.
Well, let me know if you like my new patterns, they should be up on the website this week sometime. http://www.theoldecountrycupboard.com/

My Mom passed away this past week.

As many of you know, my mom has been ill with Mutiple Sclerois for over 40 years. She has been getting worse. Hospice came in last week and ended up staying for 7 days, night and day. Usually they only will stay 24-36 hours, one of the nurses told me. It was only about 10 days ago, we were talking about her making a quilt, and me helping her pin it in place so she could handstitch it, in her bed. But it seemed that when hospice came in, that she seemed to stop fighting so hard, I think she knew things would be taken care of. She told me they were so good with my dad, they nurse were excellent and very caring. She worried so much about my dad, and that last week, he didn't have to do anything but be there for her. Her pain was getting so much worse, her legs were freezing in place and it was hard to straighten them out. She knew the end was near, but kept hanging in there. We all gave her permission to leave this world, and promised her that we would take care of each other, and she seemed to be at peace. She stayed asleep and was in a coma the last few days of her life. So now the hard part of learning to live without her, but knowing she is in a much better place makes it easier.
A Friend of mine, told me last week, that she had a dream about my mom. She said she saw my mom walking down the hall way of her house and said I thought you couldn't get up out of your wheelchair, and mom looked at her and said "I am all better now". Now she is, no more pain. So thanks to all of you who have emailed and written. We will all get through it, just takes time.