Mod Sew:: Patchwork bag big enough for the beach

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I have a friend that I have never met in person but I love her more than words can say. Do you know what that is like? To never actually meet someone face to face but feel like they are a part of who you are? I think that is what the internet has done for so many of us. The internet is a great thing if you use it that way.

Well until you start looking up the symptoms you have and think you are going to die of a rare something any second. Yea that isn’t so awesome. Don’t lie you know you have done that too.

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anyways….

I sometimes go and check my mail and there is a package with awesomeness in it.

Like the one time I opened a package with a fat quarter set of Amy Butler’s Lark for me and my kids each had a bag of stuff for them.

Or the one time I got a quilt with all of our names on it and a cute label with my kid’d picture.

or the time I sent these ugly 9 patches to my friend and said do what you want with them. She sent me a package of the most beautiful quilt ever made with those 9 patches that didn’t look so ugly anymore.

Or the time I got the cutest bag made with the cutest fabric I had been loving. Just because.

Or the time I opened up a package with a fat quarter bundle of Jennifer Paganelli fabric… one of my favorites.

It keeps going… and going.

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She loves me and my family more than I could ever imagine someone I have never met could love us. My kids even know her and know what she has sent to them. They pick things up all of the time and talk about her with love in their hearts and smiles on their faces.

My husband thinks of her as one of my closest friends and he even texts her sometimes to thank her for being the person I can talk to about sewing.

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She has filled our home with beautiful handmade things that she took the time to make us. She is part of who I am as a person who sews. That makes sense right? She gets me. We chat about fabric and thread and designers and retreats. She encourages me and helps me think about what my next moves should be. She inspires me with her charity work and giving so generously.

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She also happens to live near the beach… actually she works on the beach. Yea not the tons of beaches near me because that would be super awesome. She takes most of her pictures of her amazing quilts by the beach.

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I always get awesome ribbons and trims from her when she sends packages. I have to say one of my favorite parts about fabric are the cute selvages. I mean some are just plain awesome… like butterflies.

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Everyone needs a friend like her. I wish we could all meet our many online friends and sew with them. I think that would be so awesome. I hope that her and I get to sew together soon. I think she is going to fly down to see us and I have already warned her that I want to call Carolyn and take her back down to Plant City to go shopping. That would be so much fun.

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Most of all I think that there are so many things I need to make and want to make but when I make something and send it to someone else I love it. I love that I thought about them the whole time, prayed for them, put my heart in fabric for them. I want to hug her so much because she is so special to us but until that happens I send her handmade things. I even forget to put a nice little note in the box because I am so excited to send it to her and get her text. I love that… the text that screams at you that they got happy mail. Happy mail should be a requirement for everyone. Right? right.

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I put so many things into this bag that were special… like a Tula Pink selvage because she loves Tula. She is a groupie. Pinwheels because they are my favorite block. Ice Cream cones because ice cream is the universal sign for happiness. Chevrons because they are just classic and perfect for anything. Donkeys wearing rain boots. Bonnie and Camille because hello they are awesome. Denyse Schmidt’s grey eyelet fabric because it is always appropriate to use that print in anything. So many more.

I hope she loves it and I hope more than anything she knows how much we love her!