My sista/cuz (her folks, my aunt and uncle, finished raising me) had three children…and then there was a sweet little girl who needed a whole lot of love, related to my sista/cuz on the other side of her family.  And my sista/cuz and her husband decided they could handle one more little girl in need, so they adopted her!  Things aren’t always easy when trying to raise a younger-than-five-years-old little girl, especially since she previously lived her life as the only child with her other grandparents.  They are still going through some therapy but I think things are getting better.  Now my sista/cuz has the exact number of children and even the exact placement of kids as we have – two girls, then a boy, then another girl!

With that extra child, I haven’t done very well at keeping her wrapped in quilted love.  Mainly because of the unknown with my MS – unknown as to whether I would wake up each day, unknown as to how I would feel each day, unknown how I would feel each evening when I normally quilt, etc. etc.

I made “heart” quilts for each of my sista/cuz’s first three children.  I don’t think any three are the same, but I could be wrong.  I do know that every quilt had a heart as the focus of the quilt.  For my newest niece, I made a very simple, very clear (to a little girl) heart design, then added a few more borders to make the quilt big enough to cover her in quilted love.

My aunt and uncle should have delivered my newest niece with the quilt above, and I can’t wait to hear how she likes it!

Do you have a theme for quilts that you make, especially for kids in the same family?  If so, what themes have you used?