Years ago, I had a friend who lived across the street from us. She and her family had moved into the neighborhood not long after we moved in. Our girls played together but she and I were closer than our children were. She was very family oriented and liked to collect things that gave her home that warm and friendly feel, so I designed this quilt hanging for her—I love this material.
This was not a difficult project, but I chose to use plaid for the lettering (I see those eyes roll). It took extra time to match up the pieces, and I wanted it to look just right. It was machined pieced and hand quilted with a heart motif on the border. It was about 14 inches wide and about 46 inches long (just guessing). This is a terrible photo and my apologies, but it was scanned from a photo taken years ago.
This was my second quilted wall hanging I made after I was married. Anything I quilted before is lost to memory with no photos. I designed it and was very pleased with it except for the time it took to piece together the letters. I have often thought I would repeat this project but never have—not even for me.
As for the friend, she has moved on years ago. We kept in contact for years but sadly have since lost touch. I miss her, but life goes on.
Happy Gardening and may you find the time to WELCOME new friends into your life!
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Garden2day 
Very nice!
Thanks, Roberta. I hope everything is going well with your machine and projects that you want to do. Take care!
What a beautiful gift. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if somehow your friend happened onto this post and got in touch with you?
Thank you. Yes. That would be really nice, Lillian. At Christmas, she would always send photos of the kids along with a newsletter telling about what they were up to, but I haven’t heard from her in a few years. Some time after they moved away, she showed up on my doorstep one day-totally surprised me and the fact that she was pregnant. My mouth just fell open and she always reminded me of that. Hope you are having good weather. Take care!