I went on vacation to my nephew's house when I was working on my very first quilt, which I finished while there (I had the entire house to myself for 5 days!). I didn't know until I took my quilt there that he was a quilter too! He showed me how to do a Fat Quarter quilt, an example of which is below. I was fretting over some mistakes I had made on it and he told me, "Trust me, it will all come out in the wash.....literally!" He was right. After washing, mistakes I had made weren't even visible without doing a search for them. People who wouldn't know they were there would never even notice them! And as my nephew explained, "Even if a mistake IS noticed, it doesn't matter. Mistakes are what makes a quilt unique, and they also show how very much you love the person you gave it to. It means you worked really hard to make that quilt especially for them!" My nephew is a VERY smart man! :c)
My friend Betty and her birthday present from me last year.
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