My husband and children planned a huge surprise for me. My daughter had
wanted us to go to a quilt show, for Mother's Day but the nearest one was a few hours away and
we weren't going to have time to do it and have supper with her grandparents.
They came up with the idea instead of having a quilt show at our house
with me as the quilter of honour. My son came out for a walk with me,
which is my favourite thing to do, and while we were gone my husband and daughter set it up. They strung some line in our family room, front foyer
and kitchen and put up a lot of the quilts. There were 14 in the show.
They made a sign for the front door, and charged an admission of $5. My son had the $5 hidden in his shoe, so that he could pay for me.
There were gloves available at the front table, and we were told not to
touch the quilts unless we had a glove on. After the tour was complete,
they also had the lunch room, which is my daughter's favourite part. We had egg salad sandwiches in the tea room, along with ice cream
for dessert because the quilt shows always have dessert. I was
completely blown away, touched and shocked by all they had done. They
decided not to award a best in show, because every quilt was the best.
Definitely, the most wonderful Mother's Day ever. I told my husband he won't
get it as good for Father's Day. I was amazed at how much my children had paid attention to all of the details of a quilt show and remembered all of them. They have been going to them since they were babies, so they are veterans by now.
