Angels on Earth

Do you have those special people in your lives, that do the RIGHT thing at the most perfect moment?

Thursday, I came home to a box on my doorstep.  Fabric.com was stamped on it.  I was not expecting it at all.  I was stumped. Did I order something and forget?  Did I have something missing in my last order?  Am I TRULY losing my mind with all of these boys in my house.  Are they slowly driving me crazy?

Of course, I ripped the box open! I found this fabric jelly roll in it.

Lucy's Crab Shack.

I recognized the jelly roll from a few weeks earlier.  I had entered William's Quilt at the Quilting Gallery in the "Quilts for the Little Ones" contest and the Lucy's Crab Shack jelly roll was the first place prize.  

I actually did manage to get votes for third place!  I also received BEAUTIFUL emails from bloggers/passerby's who had such wonderful and nice to things to say about the quilt and the work I do for Butterfly Kisses.

However, I was still a bit confused.
 I didn't order it.  Did I win it?  I clicked back to double check the votes.

Nope...still third place?!?!?!
Then I had my ah-ha moment. My friend Brandi had sent me a message earlier in the week to keep my eye out for the mail. I was having a rough few weeks and I thought she was sending me a card or something!

Cheeky girl!  She said that she had read that I could make 2-3 donation infant quilts for Butterfly Kisses with one jelly roll.  Sweet girl, she felt I should have won the contest, so she sent me the prize.

HOW.  SWEET.  IS.  THAT!

 It is currently sitting in my stash, waiting for the frenetic holidays to end and for me to find a bit of time to make a few donation quilts that I can offer to my babyloss parents that don't have anything for me to embroider.

Thanks Brandi!  I love it!!!!!   You are the best!

Anyone else have great friends like that!??!?

 

Pssst.  Don't forget to check out the Blogger's Quilt Festival at Amy's Creative Side.

I have received so many comments on my entry and am trying my best to answer them!  In the meantime, I am also trying to go through all the other entries.  I have already figured out that I am already following 250+ out of the 395 entries (as of midnight).  Not to mention a few that I recognize from seeing here and there.   I am so glad to be a part of such an amazing and talented group of quilters!!!!!