Pieces of My Life - Chimney and Cornerstone

I just finished up the next block for Melva's Pieces of My Life QAL, and here it is!  I've enjoyed making each block so far, and it was the same for this one.  Choosing scraps, figuring out their placement, sewing, pressing, and doing it again until finished - my favorite things to do!

When Mike and I first met, he had just gotten out of the Navy a few months before, and he worked at Kodak in Windsor, Colorado, and lived in an apartment near his work.  I was in college at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, so eventually he moved there, so we could be in the same city before we got married.  After we were married, in January of 1976, I moved into this cute little place where he had moved in the months prior.

This is a screen shot from Google Maps.  We lived in the left side of the little duplex, and the owner's elderly mom lived in the other side.  We took the rent money over to her every month - I think it was $200!  We had one bedroom, one bath, a tiny kitchen, and a living room.  It seemed old back then - and that was almost 49 years ago!

Mike continued to work at Kodak - in fact he worked there his whole career - and I finished my last semester at CSU.  We only owned one car, so I rode my bike or walked to school.  (Although, Mike will be quick to tell you that I did drive the car to campus a few times and ended up with some parking tickets... I couldn't get my diploma after graduation until I paid them off!  Oops!)

Once I graduated, we moved to Loveland - just down the road about 10 miles.  That was where my family lived, and we still live here today, although my siblings are spread out around the country now.

This week I also got around to sandwiching the second section of the quilt top with its batting and backing, and started on the quilting, too.  

Lots more to do!

Sharing at Sew and Tell Monday at Melva Loves Scraps.

And at Quiltfabrication for Midweek Makers.