Thursday, November 17, 2016

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:
LOVE for Annabelle

I quilted some extra love into it and even named the quilt LOVE.
LOVE for Annabelle, quilting detail

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

LOVE for Annabelle, quilting detail
For a quick and durable binding, I attach to the back and stitch to the front by machine.
LOVE for Annabelle binding detail

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

This will be packaged in a matching pillowcase:

Annabelle's 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!

3 comments:

  1. Felicity, these are wonderful quilts even though the reason you made them is heart-breaking. I love the FMQed hearts in your Love quilt, and after seeing your Big Hugs quilt, I want to try QAYG attaching blocks with sashing strips. Maybe in 2017! Take care, Mary.

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  2. It's amazing just how many of us cancer has affected. I'm sorry for your friends family, and trust she will come through this. Blessings on you for sending big quilty hugs : )

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  3. Congratulations on focusing your negative energy into a positive outcome Felicity, I'm sure they will bring the desired affect on this lovely deserving family.

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