Yesterday when the recipients of the quilt below opened their gift, 3 other friends just happened to be standing there. One of them said, "I have one of Kelly's quilts."
"So do I."
"and so do I."
I don't remember feeling so happy about something I had done...not even when I received the ol' sheepskin when I graduated from college.
One said she was keeping hers for her daughter when she grows up. I said, "No! That's not why I made it! Let her have it!" Maybe I made a mistake making that one so perfect...with straight lines and new fabric and embroidered name & date? That it became a keepsake instead of a quatastrophe? For everyone who receives one of my quilts, please use them until they are worn to shreds and then use the shreds.
I have made 3 "taggies" for a friend's baby who HAS to have one to sleep. He has slept with all three and hugged them and dragged them around until they are almost in tatters, and he is only 2. (A "taggie" is a small blanket of about a foot square with ribbon tags sewn around the outsides. Babies love them).
Quilt Quatastrophes ARE MEANT TO BE LOVED TO SHREDS!
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