A Margarita in the Sun ~ Alison's Quilt Block

I have been so excited to share the quilt block I made

for Alison as part of Fiona's Friendship Quilt project.

Now that it's arrived in Spain I can let this post fly.

♥ 

When Carrie and I traveled to England last year, our blog friend Alison flew from Spain and met us there for the weekend. It was the first time we'd met in real life, but having known each other through our blogs for a few years made us feel like we'd already known each other for the longest time.

Alison and I had planned and looked forward to drinking margaritas together in London, and even though it was freeeeeezing cold at the time, we drank them anyway. Then we vowed to have more margaritas in the future, only under warmer circumstances, and we did that last month while she was here in Arizona.

The other little tidbit for this post is that my mom loved herself a good margarita! In fact, it was the only alcoholic beverage she ever drank {that I know of!}. And since Alison was a sweet member of Team Teal, I wanted the quilt block I made for her to be in the shape of a margarita glass, and I even used some fabric scraps I inherited from my mom's craft room! I loved being able to include a little piece of my mom in the mix with this quilt square.

I used an iron-on fusible product to adhere the margarita glass shape and the lime, then I stitched around it with a zig-zag stitch. This one turned out way better than my first attempt where my patch-work design resembled a chunky goblet rather than a margarita glass.

I'm so happy that I signed up to participate in Fiona's Friendship Quilt project!

It's been so much fun to come up with a different design every month, and I

have a few more ideas up my sleeve for future blocks.

♥