title: Quilting with Art Panels 2: Jody's Sentiments
author: Carolyn S. Vagts
description: <div><B>Carolyn S. Vagts</B> is an award-winning quilt designer, the editor of <I>Quilter&rsquo;s World</I>, and the owner of a successful quilt shop. She is the author of <I>Chain Links</I>, <I>Quilting with Art Panels 1: Jody&rsquo;s Ladies</I>, and <I>Twist &amp; Turn Four Patch</I>. She lives in Lake Orion, Michigan.</div>
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  **CHAPTER ONE**
  
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   _A_ LONE, WITH NORAH JONES WHISPERING THROUGH THE iPOD, Laurel transformed a
  panel of fondant into a swatch of elegant, edible lace. She didn’t hear the
  music, used it more to fill the air than as entertainment while she
  painstakingly pieced the completed panel onto the second tier of four.
  
  She stepped back to eye the results, to circle, to search for flaws. Vows’
  clients expected perfect, and that’s exactly what she intended to deliver.
  Satisfied, she nodded, and picked up a bottle of water to sip while she
  stretched her back.
  
  “Two down, two to go.”
  
  She glanced toward the board where she’d pinned various samples of antique
  lace, and the final sketched design for the cake Friday evening’s bride had
  approved.
  
  She had three more designs to complete: two for Saturday, one for Sunday—but
  that was nothing new. June at Vows, the wedding and event