My cousin Cathy asked three things of me before she passed away. I have now fulfilled those promises:
1) Make and give her third daughter, Toni, a baby quilt for the new baby who was due in April (but was born at the end of March):
2) Give the tote bag that I started for Cathy to her oldest daughter Terra:
3) Be there for her middle daughter Tiffany, which is near impossible, since I am 1000 miles away from her. In lieu of that, I made her a lap quilt with all of the fabrics that her mom had chosen for her tote bag. Be sure to click on the photo to see the quilting detail – each block is filled with hearts, and each juncture where the blocks come together contains entwined hearts:
It feels good to have completed what Cathy asked me to do. It feels good to bring a little quilted love to her daughters. And although I will miss Cathy, her daughters now have a little piece of her that they didn’t have before. God’s Peace to Cathy and her family.