Are You Ready to Giggle?

Several weeks ago, my Best Forever Friend called to tell me she had just tossed her little  "Best Friends" quilt over on her couch and noticed the label I had made for it.  I had given to her back in 2013.  See it here.   As she read the label, she started crying, and she called to tell me how glad she is that we have remained "Best Friends" since early childhood.   I assured her I'm also glad about that.

Both of us have experienced more health problems in the last year than ever before, and both of us seem to be more forgetful than we like.  She often jokes and says the day may come when she will not even remember my name, and I always say she better not forget my name or I'll forget hers!

Anyway, the day after her recent call, I received a catalog from Nancy's Notions, and in it, I came across a "Friends Forever" quilt pattern by Cranberry Pie Designs.  I knew immediately I had to have that pattern, so I ordered it.  It would be the perfect companion quilt to the other "Best Friends" quilt with little girls doing the same things we did as little girls, especially jumping on the bed.   Then I checked to see what fabrics I had left from the first quilt, and all I could find was a small piece of the tan fabric with green and brown dots;  maybe I could make that work somehow with more fabrics in similar colors.

Enough now of how the second quilt came to be!  Get ready to giggle!  It's so ugly; it's really cute! Double-click to read it and see the quilting better.

"Me and My Best Forever "New" Friend"

She has always been a red head and still is (with bottled help, of course). My hair is white, but when I used white thread, it didn't show up well so I removed it and used the light blue gray thread.  (Don't lots of old ladies have light blue hair???)  One of my newer friends looked at it and said to me, "It looks just like you---pants too short, socks and shoes, and of course, glasses."  I laughed and said "Yes, and my BFF, even at her age, still likes to wear shorts and flip-flops."   I guess I should confess that there's a few more things that are much like us too; just use your imagination! (giggle) The pattern could not be more fitting for both of us!  I know she is going to love it when her birthday comes up in a couple of weeks.

I prefer log cabin blocks more than the wonky blocks in the pattern, so I made that change.  I also wanted the embroidered piece centered so it could perhaps be used with a wheelchair.  I'm going to suggest she may want to save it to use with her wheelchair when that time comes someday, because I'll be too old to make one for her then.  (I think we both are about there now.)

I've giggled with almost every stitch on this little quilt, 43" x 39".  I can hardly wait until May 12 to give it to her.  (I hope she doesn't throw it at me!)

In my gifting letter I'll tell her we can look forward to being Best Forever "New" Friends, just like we've been Best Forever "Old" Friends, for all our lives.    Our friendship truly is very special, and the older I get, and the more I talk with other people, the more I realize that a friendship such as ours is very rare indeed.  I am truly blessed!

Now it's time to get back to my larger project again.

We've had the second week in a row with rain and storms at least 2-3 times each week, but so far, I've escaped any damage.  In the past two weeks, my back yard has received 9.5" of rain.  I'm glad my place slopes to the back!  We're being told we'll have sunshine next week.  I certainly hope so!

---"Love"