I have to tell the story about this quilt. A couple years ago, I went up to Berlin with a friend to shop at the annual sidewalk sale at Miller's Dry Goods. They had some great deals there, and this was one of them. A little appliqued quilt top with the word Faith on it in pretty colors that would match my bathroom at my shop. They only wanted a dollar for it, so I couldn't resist.
I added a border, quilted it, and it has been hanging in my bathroom till this week when I took it down to enter it into the Quaker City Quilt Show. It won a blue ribbon in the Wallhanging category, but that isn't why I'm telling this story.
An older lady who works at the local hardware store was looking at it for a long time at the quilt show, and I walked over to talk to her. She said she just loved it, because she "collects" quotes with the word Faith in them. The next day, she showed me a couple journals that were filled with hand written poems, sentences, and paragraphs, and wherever the word Faith was in the quote, it was underlined. She said she has more of these journals at home.
Well, you have probably guessed what I'm doing with this quilt. I brought it home, took a picture of it, and gift wrapped it with a little card. Later this week, I'll drop it off at the hardware store for Bernadine. I just can't think of anybody else who would appreciate it more.
