Last Saturday, I was pleasantly surprised when my friend Sarah wanted to drop by for a visit. Even though she lives only about 15 minutes away from us, it had been awhile since we had seen each other. We actually still hadn't exchanged our birthday gifts yet - and mine was in December and hers in January! It was a wonderful time of chatting about any and everything, including all our sewing projects.
Of course, I had to show her my quilt - right now I'm pinning all the layers together to prepare it for quilting. Sarah suggested I make matching pillow shams with my leftover fabric, and I believe I shall do just that. Thanks for the idea, Sarah! :)
Aren't friends great? I love having people over for conversation and fellowship. :)
~Sarah
Sarah, your quilt is absolutely beautiful! My girls were around the computer when I was looking at it, and there were lots of "oohs" and "ahs". You are so talented!
Posted by: Carla | Thursday, March 01, 2007 at 09:30 AM
How nice to have a friend that shares your name.Quilt is gorgeous.
Posted by: Tammy | Thursday, March 01, 2007 at 10:34 AM
Seeing your quilt spread out like that is inspiring. It looks so lovely. Sarah's idea of matching pillow shams is a very good one.
Posted by: Cindi | Thursday, March 01, 2007 at 12:20 PM
Yes, I love to visit with special friends! ;) Your quilt is just beautiful, you have been busy!!
Posted by: Chris | Thursday, March 01, 2007 at 12:25 PM
Sarah, the quilt is just beautiful! Did you learn to do all that from the book? I may have to buy that book for my Sarah and me! Glad you were able to enjoy time with your friend. I sure do miss that since moving!
Posted by: Dorothy | Thursday, March 01, 2007 at 12:53 PM
It was fun and special wasn't it?! We'll have to make sure we don't wait so long before we do it again! (:
Posted by: Sarah | Thursday, March 01, 2007 at 12:57 PM
Gorgeous!
Posted by: Barbara R. | Thursday, March 01, 2007 at 05:33 PM
Beautiful quilt and a beautiful friend. Friends are very special, we could not live without them in our lives. Connie from Texas
Posted by: Connie McEntire | Thursday, March 01, 2007 at 06:39 PM
What a beautiful quilt! And what a lot of faithful work has gone into making it!
Just today I was in an organizing mood and went through my "fabric pantry" in my closet--it's all organized again for sewing projects. My fall back position is to sew garments, but I would like to branch out and try quilting. : )
In Christ,
Rebecca
Posted by: Rebecca | Thursday, March 01, 2007 at 08:55 PM
Lovely quilt, Sarah! I like sampler quilts. I made one quite a number of years ago and used it on my bed until it had faded and torn some and no longer looked nice. Are you quilting or tie-knotting your quit?
Posted by: Karen | Thursday, March 01, 2007 at 08:56 PM
Um, that last word ^ is supposed to be 'quilt.' :-)
Posted by: Karen | Thursday, March 01, 2007 at 08:58 PM
Wow, that is a beautiful quilt. You've done a fantastic job on it.
~Kristi
Posted by: Kristi Morrow | Thursday, March 01, 2007 at 10:21 PM
Thanks for all the comments everyone! I appreciate the compliments on my quilt - it has been a fun project. :)
Mrs. H., yes, everything you have to do is taught in the book. It really had clear explanations and was easy to follow. :) But they do only give directions for hand quilting...nothing about doing it by machine. I suppose it's about the same though. They had me attach temporary borders (the light blue around the edges) to make it easier to hold the cloth in a hoop - if I end up machine quilting I didn't need to sew those on. Oh well.
Sarah, yes, we definitely have to get together again soon. Why did we put it off so long anyway???
Welcome to our blog Mrs. McEntire and thanks for commenting! :)
Rebecca, you should definitely try quilting. This is my first one, and I've really enjoyed it. A lot of the blocks weren't as hard to do as I thought!
Karen - I'll be quilting it. I'm just hoping that it won't pucker or anything while I do that. :) I'm new at all of this...
Posted by: Sarah | Thursday, March 01, 2007 at 11:11 PM