What a Nice Friend

This lovely lady is Andrea opening her presents on Christmas Day. “I cried when I opened the quilts” she wrote. “They are so warm and beautiful. What fabulous works of art!!!” Andrea and husband Alex met at UGA and are now university professors in Alabama. They timed our first meeting to coincide with a weekend Braves game. A funny story related to the Braves is that when we were about half way done with her quilts, we received a call from Alex. “As a Christmas present I’d like to pay for Andrea’s quilts,” he said. “When she inquires about her balance, please tell her that, consistent with many small businesses in Atlanta, you are waiving all outstanding balances to celebrate the Braves winning the World Series! (with a straight face, please!)” Suppressing giggles didn’t work, even over the phone, so she caught on early. “Did Alex do that?” she asks. “He owes me” she laughed”. “I did all of the driving back and forth to the games!” The beautiful art on all of the shirts was created by a friend of Andrea’s and environmentalist, Dr. Barbara McDonald. Andrea found out that Dr. McDonald didn’t have any of the t-shirts so of the 2 quilts we made for her she decided to gift this entire quilt to Dr. McDonald! What a nice friend!

The quilt is Freestyle, the quilting is raindrops, the border fabric is a turtle print. You can see a corner of the soft minky back at the top right corner with the teal binding. What’s your vision?