Monday, June 29, 2015

Road Trips....


Because this is my quilting diary.  I want to keep things documented correctly.  We went to visit my son and daughter-in-law in March.  I had something for each of their pups-- Monogrammed Dog collars, something for Eric... and I wanted Carolyn to have something as well.

Eric has always been very cautious and stated, " Don't decorate Carolyn's house.... let her do it."  I completely get it and respect what he means.  I still laugh when we are all together and and someone will look at  Carolyn and look at me when we are having a discussion and then turn to Eric and say, " My God, you have married your mother..."  While I don't know how Carolyn feels about it-- I taken it as the utmost in compliments.

Back to the quilt.  It was Wednesday before we were to leave on Friday morning when I whipped up four blocks and quilted the piece. My the end of March-- Everyone will welcome anything that says Springtime....  I was literally stitching down the binding in the car on the road trip. That's why I only have the cell phone pictures.

A little nervous, I thought about what Eric said --- and still remained confident the table topper was the right call....

And it was.  She loved it.





5 comments:

Dottie said...

It's a gorgeous topper!!! Love reading your blog posts!!!!

Gypsy Quilter said...

She's a very lucky gal to have such a wonderful MIL!

Siouxzq64@gmail.com said...

Cute table topper and it is hard as a parent to not want to give them something you have made. How cute his wife and you are so much alike.

Kathy ... aka Nana said...

Of course she loved ... how could she not? ;-) I love the label, too.

Carolyn said...

Melanie, that is just lovely! I would be happy to be the Carolyn that received that table topper, you could decorate my house any time. It's nice to see your quilts, I should go and post what I've made in the last year and a half on my blog...although other than a baby quilt, I'm not sure there's anything to post!