Grinning from Ear to Ear! (& Winners announced)

I swear, the weirdest things happen to me.  What does it all mean?  There's serendipity everywhere I go.  Yesterday, I scooted over a fabric store to find more of the striped binding for kits of the Snips n Snails quilt.  (Don't hold your breath - the other 12 fabric solids are on hold for a while until the postal strike it over.)  I do have a couple kits put together.

So here's the story!!  While I was in the fabric store, a woman was beside me with a stack of solids on the bolt, and the current ANPT magazine in hand, open to MY quilt pattern and reading it out to figure which colors to get!!  OMG!  Seriously!  I was flabbergasted.   I stood beside her at the cutting table and whispered, 'that's me'.  She turned to me smiling and said, "Oh are you making this too!?  I love it!  I'm making it for my sister who is having a baby."  I repeated, "No. I mean, that's ME.  I'm Monika".  Then she understood.  "OH!  Hi!" she said as I stood there with the binding fabric in my arms.  TOO FUNNY!  Really, what are the odds?  So I told her, "why don't you let me buy the binding and I'll get a kit off to you tomorrow?"  Hilarious.  We agreed.  We chatted a while and said good bye.  And I'm still smiling.  My cheeks hurt.  ; )  What luck to happen by each other like that!  Pure serendipity.

Emma's kit  (minus the buttons & embroidery thread...)  : )

p.s.  if you are reading this, HELLO Emma!  It was very fun to meet you like that!

Before I forget, the Lapel Stick winners are DIANE and BERNIE!!  : )  Hey Congrats you two!  I may even have your mailing addresses already, but just in case, drop me a line.  Apparently the mail is on and the strike is over.

To everyone who wrote limericks, THANK YOU !  Oh those were so great, even to the women who claim they can't rhyme.  I'm going back to Friday's post to read them all again.  HAHA!! You all keep me smiling!

~Monika