This was one of my secret sewing projects over the past few weeks.
Some friends and I got together and made a 'friendship quilt' for one of our friends who is dealing with some health issues for both herself and her dear hubby. We wanted her to have our hugs near at hand since we live too far away to do them in person. ;-)
We chose a block from Quilters Cache~ The Dandy Quilt
And set about making blocks in both a positive and negative colorway, reversing the color
placement in the negative block. Everyone sent their blocks to me and I assembled and quilted.
I thought the quilting would do me in as my thread kept breaking and I couldn't figure out why! I eventually got 'er done!
Everyone also sent a 2½ inch strip of their main fabric for a scrappy binding.
I always hand sew bindings down, so that took a few nights in my easy chair. ;-)
Any extra blocks went on the back with a great embroidered label one of the gals did on her machine.
I am so happy to have this quilt in the hands of its new owner!
That's all for today~ back to my machine for some more 'secret sewing'! :-)
Untl next time~
Happy Stitchin'!
5 comments:
That is a wonderful gift from all of you. Beautiful!
This is such a special gift! The quilt ly is gorgeous.
Perfect hugs! I love that design for the quilt.
That is a beautiful quilt and a beautiful gift to give to your friend, she will treasure it and i am sure it will bring them comfort from all the love put into it.
Debbie
It's even more beautiful in person!! I love it & the hugs that were quilted into it. Thank you :)
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