More Batik and Why I Hate the USPS

I made my friend, Maggie, some napkins for her birthday. She lives in Florida and I've only been to her apartment once, so I don't really know what her colors are. I remember seeing some blue somewhere, so that's the color I went with. Plus, who doesn't like blue?





After I got the napkins finished, I had a little bit of fabric left over, and I was feeling overly ambitious. I had a similar color batik fabric, in a smaller print, left over from a dress I made a couple of years ago. I used those two fabrics to make a pair of log cabin pillows for her sofa (or bed, whatever).



I used 2 1/2 in. strips for the blue fabric and 1 1/2 in. strips of the white. I stitched a couple rows around the white squares to quilt the block to a piece of white fabric (no batting) to line it and give it a little extra stability. I did an envelope closure on the back and added a few buttons to make sure it stays closed.



Now that you've seen all of my hard work (and I've had a good cry looking at the pictures), onto why I hate the USPS.

I mailed Maggie's present two weeks ago and it never showed up. The idiots from our wonderful postal service lost it. I didn't pay to have the package insured and I lost my receipt with the tracking number on it. I'll admit, that's my fault. However, I trusted them to get Maggie's present to her and they DIDN'T DELIVER (pun intended).

So Maggie, I hope you've enjoyed looking at pictures of the birthday present that you'll never get and that you feel the same deep seeded hatred for the USPS as I do. I'll get to work making you another birthday present.