Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Quilters are the BEST!

Quilters are the BEST and most unselfish people! Carla and I were talking one day and I fell in love with her pin cushion that she had made for the recent pin cushion swap! So she mentioned that we could do our own little swap, just the two of us. So we did and I will post a photo of the one that I made after she recieves it. But I love hers!!! It is the cutest little crochet cupcake! The photo is not the best in the world but the bottom is a soft pink, the icing is white with little tiny blue beads sewn on as sprinkles! She has done amazing work!


Much to my shock when I opened the package was a TON of reproduction fabric for my Civil War Love Letter quilt that I am doing in Pinks and Browns! You can see all of the wonderful fabrics in the photos below! I counted there are 29 pinks and 41 browns and none of them did I have!!!! 70 new fabrics for my quilt! I was so excited that I was almost in tears! I figured I would have to put that quilt up for a while because I just didn't have alot of extra money to buy more of the pinks and browns to finish the quilt. I ordered a few but the get alot of different shades of the pinks and browns it would have cost me a small fortune!! So I THANK YOU Carla for being so nice and reading my mind that I needed more of those fabrics!!!!









So again, I thank you so very much Carla you have really made my day!
Kristie

13 comments:

Amelia said...

Wow...more pinks and browns for the lovely blocks.

The finished quilt will be a beauty.

amelia

Andrea said...

You lucky thing ! Gorgeous fabrics and completely unexpected which make them more special.

Moneik said...

Oh how lucky you are! You'll be making lots of blocks now!

Anonymous said...

That was wonderful, Carla! And Kristie... we know you will put them to good use! Your CW blocks are lovely :o)

Love the cupcake cushion!

Straitcrazy0308 said...

How nice of Carla .I love her pin cushion . I can not wait to see your blocks using the fabric.

Gina said...

What a great pin cushion and a stack of fabrics.

Love and hugs gina xxx

Regina said...

What a wonderful "happy day" package to receive. I can't wait to see the blocks you make of these. That quilt is going to be super special!!!

Carla said...

I'm very happy to share. I'll post about my pink and brown quilt soon and show a picture of it.

Cindy said...

What a great surprise and Iknow you'll make the most beautiful blocks out of the fabric. The more I see of those cute little pin cushions the more I want to make one.

Lurline said...

I'm so pleased for you, Kristie - was wondering how you were going to get the variety in pinks and browns and it should be a beautiful quilt.
Hugs - Lurline.

QuiltedSimple said...

Love the pinks and browns - so glad there are wonderful people out here to share with. And the cupcake pincushion is darling.
Kris

Jen said...

What a fabulous surprise!!!

Unknown said...

How very sweet of her to send you all this fabrics.