Birthday Quilting

My friend Renea and I share October birthdays. Mine is the 11th, and Renea’s is the 16th. Today, the quilting girls and I celebrated Renea’s and my birthday. Mrs. D and Barb provided the cake. It is  was beautiful!                                                        Was I ever surprised to to see what was in the bag from Mrs. D! I am just so amazed at how she just ‘knows’ me so well. The birthday card on the front says, ‘It’s Unanimous….'                                                         We all think you’re the greatest!’                                      This gift came from Kate. She rolled up fat quarters inside an old quart Ball jar, and added some buttons. What a wonderful gift!                          Margaret gave me an ‘oh so sweet’ mug and coaster for this winter, and a Clover thread cutter pendant.                                             Leslie brought me flowers, and if you click on the picture, you can see the card. It says: With Deepest Sympathy…Another birthday…Love ya, Leslie                                                                My sweet friend Renea MADE me one of her special purse inserts!!! What a labor of love! You can’t imagine the hours she spends making these!  It has so many little pockets and places to put things. She said if I didn’t use it for inside a purse, she was going to take it back, I could use it as a traveling quilt gadget organizer. What a clever idea!                                    My friend Patty shared some of her much needed time at home to come by and say hello to the quilting and birthday girls. She normally comes, as she is one of the quilters, but she has been painting some rooms in her home. She brought me some quilt panels of Christmas/winter scenes, some coconut scrub, and some car mirror ‘jewelry’. If you click on the picture, it is attached to the scrub bottle. It is a cross, with some hearts.                                                                   Polly brought me fat quarters, some Skin So Soft lotion, and some button magnets. So cute!                                                     Barb brought me a big bottle of Mary Ellen’s Best Press, and some ‘sweets’. Oh, it’s just so hard to quilt without chocolate! The front of the card she gave me says: ‘There’s a lady’s room two blocks ahead on the right…’                                                                                    and the inside says ‘For your birthday, thought you’d like one of those new ‘G-Pee-S’ Systems.  I told her she had no idea just how close to the truth that was!                                                                                            Jeanne knows how I love fat quarters, so she wrapped my gift in one (and she knows we are all trying to go ‘GREEN’. She gave me a candle, a scented mug coaster, and the NEATEST little Friendship poem.                                                  My friend Christie finally gave up on me. She has given me beautiful ‘gift baskets’ for the last couple years, and I still have them, just as intact as when she brought them, except for removing the candy! This year, she refused to play my game. I just think they are so pretty, I hate to ‘ruin’ them!  This year, she gave me a CUTE hard handbag, a beautiful quilt pin, and some Christmas fat quarters.                                                                  Our exchange fabric was polka dots and these are the neat fabrics we got. Fun! Christie is going to use hers to make a stacked coin/I Spy quilt for her grand daughter.                                       It felt like Christmas today, and at one point, I couldn’t see the girls over the top of all the gifts. I feel so blessed to have such wonderful, caring, loving friends. They are truly, and definitely a gift from God.

Thank you for letting me share my day with you. OH!… and it even snowed for a little while today, but right now, Louie is mowing the lawn.  What can I say? It’s IOWA!!!!

Be blessed,

Michelle