Quilting for a Friend

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Most of my friends know that I will NOT quilt their quilt(s). I always encourage them to do it themselves … or … quilt it by cheque! (ie send it to a long armer!)

However, when my dear friend (Heather) was in palliative care, I was told about a quilt that she started when her eldest daughter was 12 or 14. The quilt sat for many years, but Heather had worked hard that summer to complete the quilt … but alas, it didn’t get finished. Heather was a well known costume designer/sewer in the Abbotsford/Chilliwack area and she definitely knew how to sew. Her 1/4” seam was perfect! The blocks were all exactly the same size! Totally amazing for her first quilt!

Oh, and I must tell you that this eldest daughter is over 50 and a grandma herself! So, it’s obvious the quilt languished for many many years. Also, when the daughter was around 5 or 6, my husband and I babysat her and her sister … and they were so easy to take care of and such lovely kids, that it was soon after that when we started our own family!

I agreed to finish the quilt. It needed quilting and binding.

I was given the quilt in mid-November. No promises were made as to when it would be finished (this is when I was dealing with my fractured ribs). However, I managed to finish quilting and binding it by late December. They were having the memorial service for Heather on New Years Eve.

So, once the quilt was finished, my husband and I took the quilt and gave it to Heather’s husband a few days prior to the service. What a true honour it was to finish this quilt for them!!

Here are some pictures of the daughter receiving the quilt and it’s place of honour at the memorial service.

And a picture of the completed quilt:

Here is a close-up of the back where I used Silly Moon’s “Drop” ruler for the flower and “Rocket” for all the straight lines.

As I said previously, it was a great honour to be able to finish this quilt for Heather.

Don’t Forget!

I am now a Silly Moon affiliate! So what does that mean? When you use my affiliate code Quiltinggail2024 at Silly Moon, you will receive 10% off your order and I will receive a small commission.

One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting!    
Gail 

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26 thoughts on “Quilting for a Friend”

  1. Hi Gail, I’m so sorry to hear about your friend’s passing. Having the finished quilt is a real treasure for her family. Thanks so much for linking up to I Quilted This!

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  6. Gail you did right to break the rules here. It’s a beautiful quilt and I’m sure you stocked love and memories in to every stitch while you finished it. What a beautiful comforting gift for the family. 🤗

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  9. It is nice you were able to finish the quilt for the family. That is the only case that I would do one for someone also – or to fix one – one of my sister’s in law got one from a deceased relative that needed repair work – I told her I would do it – it wouldn’t be perfect but it would hold it together – but most cases I say no

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      • Well she is the sister in law I have had the longest and none of her family know anything about sewing, it was a simple patchwork have had a few rips in it – I told her I had some old fabric that would look ok appliqued on top of the ripped pieces that it wouldn’t be perfect and the value would go way down to fix it but if that was what she wanted – truthfully I could have sewn it anyway to repair it and it would have looked good to her I think – she is a really sweet lady and I don’t know how she has put up with my brother and all of us all these years – they hold all the family reunions since my parents passed away at their house and she puts so much time in to those to make sure all feel welcome – she has been with the family for 46 years now.

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