Sweetness of Nature

This is for my friend Confidence Personified.  She is a force to be reckoned with -- in a good way. She is smart. She is funny.  She is beautiful inside and out.

She is also classy and a perfectionist.  As a matter of fact, she is so hard on herself, that I got nervous about making her a quilt and got too caught up in trying to make it perfect for her.

God laughed.

Because I have never been about perfection.  So I got slapped on the wrist and taught a lesson.  When I was half way done I was checking it out and found three very serious mistakes.  Mistakes that I didn't have the fabric to fix.

At first I was devastated.  And then I got A WORD.

My friend will laugh at that because she is ALWAYS getting A WORD.  And God uses her to share those words with us.  And I always want to run away screaming when she looks at me and says: Autumn, God gave me A WORD for you.  Oh. No.  Its always straight to the heart of a matter in your life and most of the time she doesn't know where that arrow lands, she just knows she's passing on a message.

Its always right on.

So, this time I got A  WORD.  And that word told me that I knew better.  All my other quilts I was pouring prayer and memories and love into......while this one I was trying to be perfect.  I was sweating it.

So I didn't rip out those errors.  I kept them. Not only to remind myself...but to share with my friend...who will always have a much less than perfect quilt from a friend that loves her with all her heart.

   This quilt I actually saw a picture of and tried to recreate because I had the flower panel.  Why I would pick my first quilt to recreate from a picture for someone I wanted it to be so perfect for I have to clue. The quilting in free motion butterflies.  I watched a video on a blog written by a friend in England. Her's are much prettier than mine...but I can claim to be a beginner. Hah.

So my friend. I hope you enjoy your less than perfect quilt from your less than perfect friend.  Lots of love to you!