I Hate These Quilts

To be more specific, I hate that the reason these quilts had to be made: Cancer. There are a group of us who met in prenatal classes and the newborn support group that came with it when G was born. One mom called us the Supermoms and it stuck. One of the Superkids, a girl G's age, was diagnosed with cancer earlier this year. This one hit close to home, obviously. I cannot begin to imagine what Annabelle and her mom and dad and little sister are living through right now.

But I'm doing what I can to help: making stuff.

Annabelle likes purple these days so I emphasized that colour in her quilt:

I quilted some extra love into it and even named the quilt LOVE.

Here's a better view of the overall freemotion quilting I did (on my Juki 98Q, Aurifil thread all the way):

For a quick and durable binding, I attach to the back and stitch to the front by machine.

The blocks are Amy/Badskirt's, upsized to 20" finished.

This will be packaged in a matching pillowcase:

The second quilt I made is for Annabelle's sister, Cassidy. Cancer affects the whole family and I wanted Cassidy to know she was thought of too. Blue Hugs:

 

I constructed Blue Hugs using the Quilt as You Go method, in which I pieced and quilted the large blocks at the same time, then connected them using a thin sashing:

 

 The back of a QAYG quilt can be pretty fun, too:

 

Here's its pillowcase:

 

Get well soon, Annabelle!