A Gift Of Friendship...

FW Friendship Block from Pat

 When the mail arrived yesterday, there was an envelope from one of

the participants in the Farmer's Wife Quiltalong. I was so surprised to

see a beautiful wonderful fabulous Friendship Block from Pat!

 I voiced a thought when we first began our QAL that it might be

fun for the participants to exchange Friendship Blocks, but I never

followed through on it. Pat did. She created this block with a light

background fabric and a floral fabric that makes for a beautiful block.

When she was all finished assembling the block, she signed it.

I think that makes it even more special.

 Pat, my dear friend...You've inspired me to resuscitate the idea for us

to exchange Friendship Blocks. I can promise that I'll be making one

for you in the near future. Thank you for your generosity. I LOVE this gift!

If anyone in the QAL wants to create blocks to trade, I would suggest

we follow Pat's lead. Use a light-colored background fabric and one

darker fabric from your own Farmer's Wife Quilt. Be sure to sign it

and you'll be ready to send them on. I'm going to make one for each person

in the QAL. If we all do that, we'll have enough to make another quilt!

I'm not saying you have to do them right away, but hope you

will think about doing them before the end of our project. 

If the rest of you are interested in seeing the wonderful blocks that the

QAL gals are creating, click here to go to the Flickr album with all

the group photographs. You'll fall in serious love, just like I have.

You can also visit Pat's blog, Pat's Patter to tell her you saw her

block here. You'll find so many interesting things that she's been

working on. I'm inspired every time I visit!

Thanks again, Pat.

I'm looking forward to meeting you in person sometime soon.