A Meet Up

Some weeks ago I received an email from a woman named Lani who kindly said she had been reading my blog for some time and enjoyed it--so nice of her to say--and that she had been quilting for 25 years.  She further mentioned the main reason she liked my blog was that she lives in the same town!  Lani mentioned she would love to meet and talk quilting.  It took some time before we could find an agreeable date but meet we did, at a restaurant on Tuesday night.  Lani immediately looked familiar to me and from our later conversation we discovered an astonishing coincidence--her niece lives on my street.  This niece used to play Bunco with us and Lani had sat in as a sub once or twice, so we had met before!  What a small world.

Lani shared some projects she is working on, letting me pet her beautiful pieced blocks and appliqued flower hexies, and we had a fun couple of hours talking quilting and family, and everything in between.  I was the surprised and happy recipient of some of her beautiful work.

Isn't this table runner sweet? 

Love the colors, prints, and cheerful baskets on the 9 patches.

So pretty!  It went straight onto the coffee table in the living room where I can see it coming down the stairs and from the dining room table.

The tablerunner came in this bag Lani embellished beautifully.

Her generous gifts will be treasured.  I look forward to our next meeting where hopefully some stitching together will be happening!   I thank Lani very much for having the courage to send an email to a stranger and hope she feels she has found a friend in the making, as I do.