Yes, I think so.

Apparently old William was a big fish in that small pond ...  he had twelve children, was a very prosperous farmer and businessman, helped found a bank, etc.  My college-age kids wandered around the Crabbs corner of the cemetery after the service and made my DF chuckle when they told him that they had no idea there could be so many Crabbses in one place. LOL

Actually, she wrote "Kawabunga!!" as the first word in her thank-you email.    I guess that dates us because we remember growing up with Howdy Doody and Buffalo Bob.

I could not believe how the neutrals in the quilt kinda match her living room couch. (Mind you, I have never seen photos of her home.) She writes that she will send me a photo of her rocking chair because the quilt is a perfect complement to that chair.

After babbling cheerfully in her email about how much she loves the quilt and was "honored to receive one of your coveted quilts" (!!!!??) Wanda wrote "Muchas gracias, xie xie, merci beaucoup! I love it!" so I guess that covers all the languages she needs in Sacramento.

She also wrote that she will be the envy of all her friends and family.

Wow!  All of her excitement from thousands of miles away makes up for the sheer drudgery of making the doggoned quilt.  LOL

what a nice response!

It does look good with her couch...

It is always so nice when the recipient is over the moon about a gifted quilt. 

I made more progress on the binding of my last quilt. One an  half sides left to go.

Today I decided I just needed to baste the quilt on the longarm so I could start in the center. I got that done and quilted the 2nd border at the bottom and did a little design in the center. Tomorrow I hope to make good progress on the middle. Now that it is basted I can roll it back and forth as needed to execute my design.

How utterly satisfying!  

Her enthusiastic response completely justifies the time and effort you put into making it.  It is *always* so wonderful when the recipient values the quilt.  :-)

So glad that your friend is so excited about the quilt gift.

Jo

The current progress on my "Forget Me Not"  EPP project.  I'm at the point where I am adding the scrappy hexie border around the circumference.  There are 66 hexies needed.  This can be broken down into 6 "scallops" of 11 fabrics each. 

I am just rubbish at choosing pure random fabrics/colors.  I do much better if I have a limited palette.  I noticed that there were 12 "bumps" on the circumference: 6 dark partial flower units and 6 full flower units.  Furthermore, if I combined 1 partial plus 1 full flower unit, I'd have 6 "scallops" to work with.   11 hexies are needed to go around each scallop.  Well, I can deal with picking out 11 fabrics in turquoises and tans.  I made sure that I got 6 hexies of each of the 11 fabrics ... i.e. 66 hexies in all. 

Furthermore, in keeping with "rubbish at random" theme, I knew that it would be much easier for me if I found ONE pleasing arrangement of the 11 fabrics and simply repeat the pattern, thereby eliminating the stress for me and creating a symmetry and repetition of pattern.

The first picture is of the arcs of 11 fabrics that will go around each of the scallops. 

The second picture is of the medallion.  The red line shows where I have already sewn an arc in place around a scallop.  The blue lines show the other scallops.

Sure glad she enjoy it. What a nice note she wrote.

Wanda has been a good friend for decades even though we have not seen each other since college graduation day in 1963. 

Amazing how some friendships can last even through time and distance isn't it?