Riane over at Kernow Cards had one of these giveaways and I signed up. She is from the Netherlands and has a beautiful 6 year old daughter, Brechje. I posted to her blog asking if she would be willing to send me her mailing address so I could send her daughter a quilt. Later I received an email from her. I replied to that email and then I was sent another to which I replied as well.
Yesterday afternoon my hubby and I had been in town and had just returned when the phone rang. I checked caller ID and as I looked at the number I wondered who it would belong to. When I answered "Hello" it was Riane's voice on the other end, all the way from the Netherlands. I was so thrilled to be able to talk with her. We actually spoke for almost 2 hours I think. :)
This is the quilt that I am sending Brechje. It is a very special quilt of mine and I am handing it to her to love and care for. This quilt was made in 2004 and I quilted it in 2006 after I got my longarm machine. This quilt has traveled across the United States in a Round Robin. It left North Carolina and went to Ohio. From there it went to Louisiana and then on to North Dakota. From there it went to Utah and finished its journey in the state of Washington before being sent back to North Carolina. Now it is on its way to the Netherlands.
Oh what stories this quilt has!