Jeannelou Truitt wrote in a message to Pat Knox:
 JT> Dear Pat,
 JT>       Wow!   I can only figure three possibilities;  One the lady
 JT> that gifted your MIL with the Pine needle basket had worked on it
 JT> for a long time before they met, 2) the lady worked at
 JT> whizzzzzzzzzing speed , or 3) she was doing a different kind of
 JT> pineneedle basket than i do. ????????                              
I believe mom (yes I call my MIL mom) said that the lady had been working
on it for several days and was finishing it up as they talked.  Either that
or she finished it and sent it to mom.  Can't remember which way it went.
 JT>         I once did a large sewing basket one with double loop
 JT> handles and a lid.  It took me about a year.  Of course, i didn't
 JT> work on it steady.     Congratulations on your finishing a quilt. 
 JT> Trapunto and shadow appique are the closest i get to quilting.  
Thanks!  Hope to finish another top tomorrow.  This is a quilt that I am
doing for a family friend.  He loves my quilts, yet won't ask for one.  He
is a young man who loves soccer (he is also from Thailand and works with my
husband) so I am doing an Attic Window quilt for him as a surprise.  The
fabric that I am using for the windows is a soccer print.  I hate it, my
husband loves it.  Go figure!  Hope to finish the top tomorrow and then quilt
it by machine over the weekend.  The friend has been in Thailand on vacation
and is expected back on Monday.  Be nice to surprise him! 
Later!,
           Pat 
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