Sunday, December 30, 2007

You Like Me...You Really Like Me!

We went back to my SO's hometown this past weekend to see his sister as we had to work the day after Christmas and she wasn't coming to town till later in the week. I, of course, wanted to be there to see her open the quilt I made for her daughter. All during last week I built myself up for the worst case scenario. Not everyone likes, wants, or appreciates handmade stuff quite like the many talented people on the craft blog scene. I tried to prepare myself prior to the weekend that they may just open the box and say, "Hey, it's a blanket. Thanks." (note there's not exclamation in that quote). I did keep hope that they would love it...especially since my SO's sister is such a sweet & caring person overall. All my worries disappeared the moment they opened the quilt. As you can tell from this photo, she liked it! Phew!


See how it's all laid out on the ground like that? She did it all by her wee-little self. She opened the box with her mom, took the quilt, and carefully spread it out on the ground, bit by bit. Then, she sat right in the middle of the quilt and touched the various fabric pieces. So cute!



Then, she laid down on it and rolled around. Thank goodness she liked it! I usually like to keep the "first" of things I make (first quilt, first crocheted scarf, etc), but sometimes the better event is when you can give something so special of yours to someone else special and hope they can appreciate it as much as you would. I think we're good to go here, folks!

3 comments:

Sarah and Jack said...

Awesome! I love the pics of her with it. (Be sure to send them a copy of those photos if they don't already have them. It's nice to have those things to keep with the objects.)

Anonymous said...

Diana,
This is so adorable the way she laid it all out so carefully, what a little angel. Beautiful quilt, lots of love went into that. All the best and Happy New Year to you and your family.

Hugs,
Steph

Shopaholic D said...

Hey Stephanie, yes, lots and lots of love! :)

Happy New Year to you, too!

:) Diana