Yesterday was supposed to be a good day.
Yesterday, my mom, aunt and I were taking a road trip to visit another quilter, P. from The Way I Sew It.
Sidebar: I have something super awesome to show you in a week or two, a project that P. and I are working on together. It involves found quilt tops, EQ7, a new quilt top, an agony of decision-making, machine quilting, and a happy ending, plus a pattern! But not just yet…
I quilted a top for her and decided that a 1 1/4 hour drive each way would cost about the same as sending the quilt via the US Postal Service, thanks to their new rates. Since she lives near a fabric store that mom, Mickey and I wanted to visit, I had no trouble getting them to agree to the trip. We shopped (Robert Kaufman batiks on sale for $6.99!) happily, then called P. from the parking lot to let her know we were on our way. It was a 4 minute drive according to the GPS.
AND THEN WE WERE IN A CAR ACCIDENT.
No one was hurt, but the car – my mom’s – was damaged beyond driving. Fortunately, P. (and her husband) are the nicest people on the face of the earth, and once we got things sorted out with the police and the other driver, P. took us to her house, literally less than a minute away. Her husband helped me find a place to rent a vehicle, and then let the crazy quilting ladies have a nice, calming chat. We picked up the vehicle and then had a leisurely lunch and talked and talked and talked…
And when it was time to drive home, the chocolate P. snuck into the lovely gift of fabric she gave me helped with any residual nerves. Enough so that mom joked about visiting Ikea now that we were driving a van instead of a car.
Hmmm, Ikea. But no, that’s a decision to be made after the insurance company lets us know the financial repercussions.
Piecemeal Quilts 
So glad you and you mom are OK, and your senses of humor are intact. Sounds like you made lemonade out of some lemons!
I am so sorry about your accident! Thank goodness no one was hurt…and glad you had fun…and bonus chocolate!
It was so great to meet up with you and your mom and aunt, despite the unfortunate accident. I was relieved that you were all okay and that things came together afterwards to make it a good day. And chocolate helps fix everything!
Oh my goodness! So glad everyone is ok! And great buy on the fabric! 😉
OH my so glad to hear everyone is safe and sound. I “Talk” to P frequently through blogging and just love her. Jealous that you were able to meet up hehehe:):) So happy you were able to enjoy one another’s company and get some quilting done! Beautiful job on her quilt too;)
I am glad to hear that everyone is okay.
I was so sorry to hear about your accident, but glad to hear that no one was injured. It’s such an emotional shake up! Pretty neat that you were able to meet P. in person! I enjoy her blog, too. Hope all the extra details on the accident continue to be smooth ~
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Oh, no! How terrible. 😦 So glad you weren’t hurt!
Sorry to hear about your crash, but glad to hear no one was hurt. Hope you get all the insurance and paperwork sorted quickly. ((hugs))
I am one of P.’s followers and hopped over here to see what happened! Oh–I am so glad that no one was hurt! Hope the insurance goes through without any trouble.
Oooo, not nice! glad all were okay!