Fabulous Friends

More on my trip to Westville......


In addition to the lovely bag and wallet
and needle holder that Sheila made for me, as part of our swap,

I was surprised with this awesome autographed copy of
 Amy Garro's book "Paper Pieced Modern", a gift from my beautiful friend Karen of KaHolly.  She visited QuiltCon in Texas this past winter and thought of me when she saw this book, knowing full well I would adore it! How special that she had Amy autograph it just for me.

 I have already chosen the top two designs that I want to make.

I think I already have most of the Konas suggested in the pattern to make this one

I am not a stranger to paper-piecing.  The quilt that is on my bed at the moment is a queen sized paper pieced Carolina Lily and I have also made many smaller projects using this method.  But now I am inspired to make more modern designs and this book full of patterns fits the bill.  Thanks so much Karen!  I love, love, love it!

Today, Karen sent me a photo of the KitchenAid cover that I made for her as my part of the swap.  It fits perfectly! Yay! She loves it!

 I don't think I ever shared how Karen came to own this Mixer.  Well....She wanted a KitchenAid  and I wanted a Featherweight....and.....I owned a KitchenAid and she owned a Featherweight....so....we traded!  I never liked my KitchenAid and hardly used it so when the subject of me wanting a FW and Karen wanting a KA, well it just worked out perfectly,  We are both happy. Now I need to make a cover for my Featherweight...Ok...I need to make three covers! lol

I hope you had time to do something quilty today!