Mini Monday - The Happy Dance

Welcome to another edition of Mini Monday!!  I'm here to share a BIG surprise.  It started innocently enough...

I packed a Happy Birthday bag with a quilt top and backing fabric.  Needleb and I had agreed to do a Quilting Swap.  She was feeling left out, since I've quilted almost every B9P from our quilt group's QAL.  She will be quilting my Birthday Quilt (hence the bag choice) and I will be quilting her third Blooming 9-Patch (technically her 2nd, but it will be the 3rd to be finished).

SEW...

My quilt parts WERE in the bag.  However, that wasn't ALL that was in the bag!  I also included Needleb's birthday present.

Alas...

She drove away without reaching in the bag.  Which was totally fine with me!  I just wanted to make sure she checked the bag when she got home, so I sent her a text, thinking she might be finished with her shopping:

Me: Make sure you check the bag when you get home.

B: Ooh, were you sneaky? I'm still at the store.

Me: Maybe

Needless to say...

She looked in the bag as soon as she got to the car!

Right after she did, I got the the following text:

Squeeze! You are SUCH a sweetie!!! I'm heading back to your house to deliver a hug AND the ruler I forgot to give you. Be there in 5 min(utes.)

A short while later...

Needleb arrived, got out of the car, and reached in the back to retrieve her new quilt.  As she did, she also did a little happy dance in the middle of the street.  :o))

Here she is with my PQ12.5 quilt which now belongs to her.  The squinchy eyes tells you just how excited she is.  Behind that mask is a HUGE smile:

As B mentioned in her text to me, she had also driven away (on her earlier visit) without giving me the HRT Ruler that I requested from her recent trip to Pineapple Fabrics:

Thanks, B!  I'm looking forward to trying out my new ruler.

Happy (Belated) Birthday, B!!  Enjoy your "Joyful Original".

Not long after Needleb got home, I received the following photo via text with the little quilt proudly displayed on her gallery wire:

And...

Judging by that and the happy dance that I witnessed, I'd say she likes it.  :o))

Until next time...

Give a STITCH!!!