Hearts and Hands
54 x 69
It's a finish!
My 17 year old granddaughter Kayla passed away unexpectedly on January 15, 2022. After an autopsy and some further genetic testing the cause of death was ruled "probable cardiac arrhythmia". Needless to say I am still grieving her death.
After her death several members of the Sunshine Online Quilt Guild (SOQG) sent me some Heart Blocks and some Hand Blocks as a show of their sympathy and support. SOQG is an online charity quilting group.
I made a few more Heart blocks and some little 4 inch Friendship Star blocks and put all the blocks together into a quilt top back in February 2023.
I hand quilted it with black perle #12.
Sadly, Carol, who made the block with the lace cuff, passed away the same year (if I remember correctly) as Kayla.
I wrote the maker names in permanent marker next to each hand.
The backing is as colorful as the front. I had to insert a couple of strips of buttterflies to make it big enough. The binding is a mottled rainbow with some black stripes.
The black hand quilting on the block blends right into the backing.
This one is for me!
And sew on...
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CELEBRATE! (my word of the year)
October 31 - Granddaughter Isabelle's 20th birthday! (She was born 5 weeks before her cousin Kayla).
