I went to the mailbox the other day and found a card there informing me that a parcel was awaiting pick-up at the post office. Email is great, but I do love snail mail and little surprises found there. This one was especially heartwarming I must say.
Tucked inside the brown paper package, tied up with string, I found this beauty wrapped in layers of tissue paper. Yes, my very own Grandma Quilt made for me by a dear friend. It is a quilt for me to keep at my house to wrap wee Smudge in when she comes for a visit.
What you can't see clearly in this picture are the thousands of tiny hand-made stitches around every animal, person,tree, flower, letter,and leaf in this scene. The pattern is just as clear on the back of the quilt outlined in white stitches. Truly a work of art and quilted with love.
Thank you dear friend. I treasure this priceless gift.
3 comments:
What an adorable quilt.
There is something about hand-stitching that is so precious. It always seems to me that each stitch somehow holds a moment of time in its arc - in the human gesture and intention that formed it.
Cathy - I am going to send this comment to my friend who made the quilt. You put my feelings about hand-stitching into words perfectly. That's what poets do! Thank you.
That is such a wonderful gift.
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