wedding ring quilt (Photo credit: pinprick)
I quilted a quilt for the fair
made every stitch by hand
but I didn’t win a blue ribbon
as I had so carefully planned.
They placed a white ribbon on it
and called it a third place prize.
The pattern was a wedding ring
of many colors in king size.
“Beautiful,” my granddaughter said.
“I’ll save it for my wedding day.”
She pinned a blue ribbon upon it
and carefully packed it away.
Last week at her garden wedding,
a hot sun caused roses to wilt.
But hanging there by the roses
was my king size, blue-ribbon quilt!
Copyright 2013, Freeda Baker Nichols
Freeda Baker Nichols 