Marilyn M. has a story behind this quilt she made with the
Redwork 'Round the World designs:

" I wanted to tell you about the quilt I made for my friend Twila using your designs.  I was asked to do a program for our mother/daughter dinner at church about my quilts.  Giving Twila her quilt was to be the last thing on program.  She had accompanied me to help hold up the quilts and to arrange them on the floor for later viewing.

I must have run the scenario in my head a hundred times about what it would be like when we got to the part where Twila got her quilt. We'd hold it up and she would look at it and see that the cat cross stitch blocks spelled 'Twila' and she would realize it was for her. Well, it didn't happen quite that way. I told the audience I had one more quilt to show them and Twila and I held it up. I started talking about it a little to give her time to notice, but nothing happened. Then I realized she didn't have on her glasses and she is blind as a bat when it comes to reading anything, even as large as those letters, and the audience realized it was for her before she did. They started clapping and I had to spell T_W_I_L_A pointing out the letters before she got it!  It was fun and funny.

She said she just loves the little girls from all the countries. I sewed them all in green for her and made the whole quilt as green as possible since it her favorite color. I have done them all in red for a quilt to be made at a later time."

Great story, Marilyn!