Special delivery

My friends Brigette and Dave stopped through Denver last night on their way to Yellowstone from Indiana. Mom was having my little-kid rocking chair refinished, and Brigette graciously agreed to bring it with them on their cross-country trip.
Mom also sent along a couple of my baby blankets, including this animal quilt. She included a note saying, "I painted the blocks and Grandma hand pieced and quilted it." (Grandma being my grandma, Mom's mom.) Either I never knew this or had forgotten, but it will make it all the more special to have for our own kid.
	I remember, as a kid, always having these fabric paints around the house. Mom said she thinks the company was called Artex, and they held home parties where you could buy paints, patterns and caddies. I still have lots of vintage tea towels made with similar paints. I found a company online called Tri Chem that seems to still manufacture them.
Brigette brought us a sweet little quilt too, made by little old ladies, she said. So our forthcoming Sagittarius is well on his/her way to winter warmth!