Recently, we received one of the highest compliments an artist can get - Dream Makers! Two of our wonderful clients picked up their quilts which we had quilted for them and when they first saw them, the joy in their faces was incomparable. They told us that we were Dream Makers, that we had made their dreams for these quilts come true.
Maria, the maker of this richly colored quilt, used lots and lots of varied florals in her queen size quilt which she had originally made for a move to Pennsylvania. It was her first quilt! Didn't she do an incredible job? And we got to share in her joy of accomplishment since we 'finished' it for her and made her dreams for it come to life!
Becky made this appliqued quilt with the great border for her co-worker who is about to have a baby. This too is the quilter's first quilt. Although she used solid colors for the majority of the quilt, she really enhanced the figures with the use of fun ginghams. She teared up when she saw it completed and told us how happy we had made her and how we too had brought the dreams for her quilt to life.
One of the greatest joys of this longarm business is watching the faces of our friends as they see their finished quilts for the first time. Note that I used the word 'friend' to describe those whose quilt we work on. After the hours we spend trying to bring their work to life, always keeping their face in front of us as we work on the top, they have morphed from client to friend.
Do you have that same experience?
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