A Birthday Gift

It was my daughter-in-law Kecia's birthday today and we went to their home for a celebratory dinner (chicken wings from Caulder's Pub). I will have to admit that this is the first time I've ever had chicken wings (except as part of a fried chicken dinner). WHERE have I been all my life? Anyway, I enjoyed them. I provided two desserts for the occasion--Lemon Delight and a cheesecake--both homemade. Lemon Delight is the most wonderful dessert. It is made almost entirely of chemicals, has more fat than I probably want to think about--and yet . . .it tastes delicious and light as a feather. How about that for a complete denial of the intrinsic harm in a 2" x 2" square of yellow goop? Yum, Yum.
Anyway, I had ordered her a Cricut font for her present but it didn't get here in time--and I hate to go to a birthday party empty-handed. When I went to Sew'n'Sew's sale on Friday, I bought a Christmas tablerunner pattern. I really liked the picture on the front so I thought I'd go ahead and make it for Kecia as a "take-along" gift. It did turn out nicely but I would have to say that this pattern wasn't the easiest in the world to follow. We had a program at our guild on Thursday which was presented by a pattern maker and one thing she said was that she wrote her patterns from the perspective of reaching the level of EVERYONE. And that is how I hope I write my patterns. I think that someone without a lot of experience would have had a very difficult time with this one. The bottom line is that I did get it finished in time and Kecia liked it--so that was the main thing. I want to make one for myself but I think I'll wait a while before tackling it again.