Here it is! The long-awaited, finally completed July Quilt ~ constructed with love from the July '96 moms ~ and hand-quilted by the wonderful 88 year old woman mentioned a few posts down.
When I was pregnant with my older son, I joined an email group with other women who were pregnant and due all in July 1996. As we neared their first birthdays, many of us made multiple copies of a quilt square representing our babies, and through a coordinated effort, we all received squares from the other moms.
About 4 years ago, I sewed the squares together to make the quilt top, and picked out the fabric for the back. As the July 1996 kids were preparing to celebrate their 10th birthdays, I wanted to finish the quilt, but being inexperienced and having too many other things on my "to do" list, I just couldn't get it done myself, so my fingers did the walking and I called the Quilting Patch to find someone to help. And what a beautiful job she did with it.
My July '96 kid definitely has a keepsake ~ something to remind him, and me, of the love and support and friendship of so many other families that we never would've met were it not for the Internet.
3 comments:
Ahhh, how precious! And it gave me chills to think that someday it might be covering up N's children...
p.s. two more thoughts: the fabric you used for the sashing sets off the blocks really nicely. And to think that you made 30+ embroidered quilt blocks while pregnant with #2! Impressive.
Thanks! I remember working on the squares while at the beach in March when I was several weeks pregnant, and still working on them in the summer when I was several MONTHS pregnant. That's partly why I chose a simple design. It was really fun doing them.
Post a Comment