Friday, February 20, 2009

New Quilts

It's been forever since I blogged or even read blogs. I have been busy with other things. I finished 3 quilts.

This is the "Swirl" Quilt that I started at Quilt Festival last September. I took a class from Louisa Smith. The Quilt is interesting, and I would make another swirl quilt, but I would not make my own fabric "strata" like Louisa does. It's not fun. It was beautifully quilted by Kim Peterson. (Kimberwood Quilting).
This little "Harvest" Quilt was a group effort. My Bee divided the tasks, I did the plums, somebody did the pears, someone else did peaches etc. We ended up with this cute thing. I embellished it with bug buttons.


I learned how to do this "Fractured Stained Glass" quilt last year at Bryce Canyon Winter retreat. I fimnally finished it because My Bee wants to learn how to do it. I didn't love it till I took this picture. It really looks like the sun is shing through a stained glass window. Cool.

The best thing Iam doing lately is taking care of Caleb Moody, a Darling little boy that I took care of when I was doing Pediatric Hospice. He surprised everyone and decided to live. He was expected to die shorly after his birth and he is now 4. He has a trach, a g-tube and is on a ventilator at night. He only has one eye. The other eye is closed and has eyelashes so he looks like he is winking. You can check out his blog winkfromheaven.blogspot.com, the link is on my blog. He is such an angel. It is very rewarding and uplifting to love him and help his family. It is just what I needed these last dreary days of Winter.

6 comments:

  1. Madam Kathy,
    Your quilts are really very beautiful. They are looking better due to flower and tree designs.
    Go ahead
    sincerely
    Dev Valasai

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  2. Yes, you are indeed amazing. Thanks for posting the stain glass.... I was going to call and ask you to bring it to Knotts next week... I was having a hard time visualizing what colors to use. I can't wait to learn your technique.

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  3. oops... the previous post came up with my daughter's account.

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  4. daahhh...they are so awesome!! You are amazing!! I couldn't stand for you to come over and watch my sick kids because I was so nervous thinking about you becoming sick when you have to take care of sweet Caleb! Thanks for being willing though!!~Andy

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  5. Great quilts and what a sweet family Caleb has.

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  6. Those are so cool. I especially love the stained glass one. It is AMAZING! You are so talented. You also have a bigger heart than anyone I know. Caleb is adorable and I am sure is such a huge blessing to everyone aroubd him. Love you!

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