Kurt came home last night with news that one of his good friends from work had some bad news about his wife's cancer. She has already been through a round of chemo and radiation and was given an 85% chance of full recovery. Unfortunately the treatment didn't work and the cancer has advanced. I offered to make a quilt (it's what I do) and had him look up the ribbon color for colon cancer. It is blue. Having a variety of blue projects to choose from, I pulled him in to the studio and we decided on one of my blue scrap patterns from the Rainbow Challenge. That one has obviously moved up on the priority list. I think I'll rearrange the order of projects for scrappy Saturday and finish the top off this weekend. The good news is that I used up ALL my 2.5 inch squares and had to go to the strips to cut some more. Step by step I'm taming the scraps.
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A perfect gift. She will know she is covered with love and hope when she holds the quilt.
As a cancer survivor I know your blue quilt will be most appreciated. My blue scrap project has turned into a table runner for a family Christmas gift exchange this weekend-I guess I need to finish it then! Good luck!
what a wonderful gift!! Touching story. Can't wait to see the finished project.
There is no better motivation to finish a quilt than to give it to someone who needs it. Soudns like just the right medicine to me.
As soon as a quilt has an intended recipient, I am way more motivated to finish it. So glad that a blue quilt in progress will find a good home! I'm sure your generous gift will be appreciated!
It's good to have someone already to receive your blue quilt, though sad that it's not for a happier reason. I found that sorting the scraps out was half the battle; after that ideas started falling into place.
Oh Angela--I am happy you are making progress on your Blues and that a recipient will be receiving one of your beautiful quilts.
I think making the wife a quilt will be a great way to use the scraps!
And I have to say that I am still shocked by the amount of scraps you store in that little jar!
You are doing a great job on those blue scraps. The cancer quilt will be wonderful and much appreciated. I hope for the best for her.
You are making wonderful progress on using up those blue scraps, and your quilt sounds like a wonderful gift which I'm sure will bring comfort at such a worrying time.
My husband at the age of 43 has just been diagnosed with a huge tumor in his colon, meet with the surgeon tomorrow.
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