We have a lady in our ward who has had a really tough time with breast cancer. She has been in the hospital and is suppure sick. So, we had service day in July and Anita (relief society president) wanted to make her a quilt. But, we didn't have a lot of time. So, she asked me if I had any ideas of how we could make her a quilt in short time and involve all the women in our ward. First thought is...I don't quilt. But, I came up with the idea of making her a pocket quilt. We made 12 blocks. Each block represented an area of her life that was important to her. When we put the quilt together, each block was actually the front of a pocket. Winnie Mee (the lady the quilt was for) is always writing everyone notes. So, all the women in our ward wrote her a note and got to put it in which ever pocket ment the most to them. Winnie and her husband are scout leaders, so we also asked the scouts to write her a letter. I was assigned the temple block. Winnie and Joe are converts and the LA temple has special meaning to them. Here is the block I made.
I helped sew the top together. But all the quilting was done on service day. Then we had a lady I think it was Marae Farnsworth, take it home and bind it. I bet she was up all night. Then the Relief Society gave the quilt with all the notes in it at church the next Sunday. (which was the next day) I didn't get to help quilt because we were gone to Park City for our family reuinion. I hope to one day see this quilt I designed and if I do, I will post a picture of it.
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