Finished just in time to make its way back to Missouri and into my sister’s hands. I stitched the label while I was there, of course. It was good to be home. Good to see my sister. Give her a hug in person.
I haven’t talked about her cancer before. She was diagnosed with colon cancer in March (at the young age of 35 for goodness sakes), underwent surgery and is 4 sessions away from completing her 6 months of chemotherapy. We joke that my sister Liz made phone calls to every cancer resource West of the Mississippi. I quilted. We each do things that help us cope with events that are just too enormous to make any sense of. We love you Jenny.
The hands on the quilt belong to my sister Anna, my sister Liz and her two sons, Caitlin, Leil and me. None of us live in Missouri, this puts us close in spirit.
I’m speechless in describing the quilting done by my extremely talented friend Marybeth O’Halloran of White Lotus Quilting. Every glorious stitch is full of love and warmth and beauty.
More pictures of the quilt on Flickr.
I think I’ll leave it at that.
This quilt is so beautiful! I am a firm believer in wrapping yourself up in blanket/quilt made with love. I always wrap myself in one of my grandmothers quilts when I need to feel close to her. Best wishes and prayers to your sister!!
What a lucky girl to have a family so full of love and compassion for eachother. Too bad everyone couldn’t have sisters like you! I’m sure she must know how much you adore her after seeing that quilt!
Okay, the “transparent” squares are killing me. It’s a beautiful quilt and says a lot. Well done.
Hi!
Quilt is awesome!
I found your blog via a fellow quilter. Just wanted to let you know of a mini-quilt swap I am hosting. We’d love to have you if you are interested. The details are given at the blog link below. If it happens that you are not interested, I’d still appreciate if you could spread the word in the event some of your blog’s readers might like to participate. Thanks!
Margaret
http://fourseasonsquiltswap.blogspot.com/
Wow, I amazed at the beauty of this. It’s amazing what we produce when we’re trying to cope.