Last November, Melissa and I took a Quilt Class for Beginners at a local quilt shop. We went to a 4 hour class once a week for four weeks — and had “big time” homework after each class. We picked our fabrics the first visit. She chose a Christmas quilt theme, and I spotted a print with a cowgirl, dogs, and horses that Brielle would love.

The quilt class goal was to finish the quilt top, which we did. We got written instructions on finishing the quilt, but that didn’t seem enough to me. So, my good friend, Betty gave me some information each time we talked “quilting,” and then with her urging and encouragement, I started machine quilting it at her house in the spring. Finally, I got the binding finished this summer, and that left the label. After chosing the font and the words I wanted to use, I had to find a way to get the computer printout transferred to the fabric so that I could embroider it. Using a hot transfer pen from Michael’s, that was done in July. The embroidery work didn’t take that long, but I didn’t finish it until August. So, the next time that Brielle came to our house, I wanted to surprise her with the finished quilt — and that was today, September 3. We took pictures of her with her quilt,
and she was so appreciative. In fact, she spent the night with us and her quilt was used tonight. It was a quilt made with much love for a very sweet grand-daughter!