Fabulous Four Coasters & Surprising Saturday

These are a set of coasters one of my former customers asked me to make her yesterday. I had the pieces cut out, so I just needed to sew the four of them together, quilt, and bind them. Took a little longer than I thought, but I did finish the last one before DH came to bed! The coasters are 6" square, and made just like a little quilt, with batting, hand-sewn binding, and all.





A close-up of the peacock feather quilting. I have watched the Dawn Ramirez machine quilt DVD twice now, so look out I Spy quilt tops. I'm ready to practice some Wonky Feathers or Versatile Flower Echoes or something else that looks really cool.

Another incident from yesterday was that I was instrumental in saving a woman's life. I was at Wal-mart (where I spend a large portion of my life) when one of the cashiers started acting "funny". It was fairly obvious that she was having a serious medical problem. She was able to talk enough for me to discover that she is diabetic. Her condition quickly deteriorated, but not before she was able to drink a couple swigs of Coke and let one of her sugar wafers dissolve on her tongue. Within about 10 minutes she was right as rain, although a paramedic had arrived by that time. Did I mention I was an RN in a former life?

I had left my 11-year-old son behind with the groceries in line. By the time I got back to him, a new cashier had been installed on my line. She said, "Honey, I don't know who you are, but if something happens to me, I'm gonna have 'em find YOU." I said that would probably work since I'm there all the time anyway.

Thank God for putting me there. I got home and slept for 2 hours. It was such an emotionally draining experience. In church this AM I asked a woman who was working there at the time how cashier #1 was doing. She said I'm famous now. Hahahaha...

Have a great day.

~Joan