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Well, I found it.

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That old Coconino High School student-handbook-printed-as-a-pocket-folder that contains the cardboard templates, dog-eared photocopy of two magazine pages, and indecipherable notes in lists that represents my first attempt at quilting!  I can see that the name of the quilt was “Starry Night.”  Looks like I cut apart the pieces from the only copy of the actual pattern that I had.  Layout and instructions are marginally legible in the photocopy.  Hmmm.  It occurs to me that it could be translated into a paper piecing pattern and thus made manageable! We’ll see…

I’m impressed…

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Very impressed.  With the organizational mind of Judy Niemeyer.  I am doing a Wedding Star quilt — you’ve seen it, I’m sure.  Wow, has this gal ever thought out the steps.  It’s a masterpiece of preparation — and I’m sure it is going to result in a beautiful quilt with a minimum of hair pulling!  There was/is, however, a misprint on the fabric requirements chart, which meant I had to go back to the store for a few more yards. But no worries:  none of them were out of stock!  Thanks to Debra M. for helping me find them all!

This is why…

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The smile, the almost crow of delight when a quilter pulls her first quilt off the longarm and holds it in her hands.  When she feels that puffy, cottony fluffy softness and knows she has created it.  When she realizes that she just accomplished something she has dreamed of, hoped for, but was afraid to try.  This moment — this is why I love my job! If you have been toying with the idea of learning to quilt on a longarm — do it!  Come by and see me at Seldom Seen Quilting Studio, 308 S. Rogers, in downtown Waxahachie.  I’m on the mezzanine at the back of My Father’s House Antique Mall, and I’m there six days a week.  See you soon!