For A Dear Friend With A Big Heart

A dear friend of mine (who doesn't read my blog) opens up her family's lake house several days per month and welcomes her fellow guild members in to spend some fun time sewing and visiting. The DJ group meets there and other times we work on charity projects or our own quilts. We've even had mini-retreats there. As a matter of fact, I'll be there today...

To thank this friend for her generosity, our guild decided to make her a quilt incorporating two of her favorite themes -- the color pink and scrap fabric. Guild members who wanted to participate were given a square of batting and a pink strip of fabric to use as the center strip of their block. They were then asked to use the "stitch and flip" technique and add strips of various fabrics from their stashes until the square of batting was all covered up.

Last week, a small group of us (Susan, Dori, Peggi, Rita and I) spent some time putting the top together. I then took it home and quilted it on my HQ16 (hearts for a guild member with a big heart) and now Dori is working on the binding. After she is finished with that, Rita will sew on the label, which was made by Peggi. We had a few blocks left over, so we quickly sewed them into a table topper and Susan is finishing that up. The label is also made from one of the blocks. (I'll show the label and table topper in a later post, after we give the quilt to Moddy).

A big thank you to all guild members who participated...the quilt will be a treasure, I'm sure. Moddy doesn't read blogs, so I think it's pretty safe to show all of this here. I'm sure guild members reading this can keep a secret until Monday...