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My “Sister-from-another-mother” turns 60. I needed something very special for her. It had to be hand made (of course!): It had to come from the heart. A quilt would be lovely. Sure, I could do it all myself, but wouldn’t it be so much better, even more meaningful if a group of her friends were part of it? Each one bringing their own story, sentiment, and hand to the whole?<\/p>\n

I contacted friends, and those friends helpfully reached out to other friends, and soon we had a quilt posse, armed with funny anecdotal ideas, needles, threads and scissors.<\/p>\n

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A color palette was chosen from my stash of\u00a0Alabama Chanin organic cotton jersey<\/a>, general parameters set, a deadline put in place.<\/p>\n

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I made a “quilt map”. I used the free-flowing pattern from my Woodland Critter quilt<\/a>\u00a0and added a row of rectangles along one side. I cut out all the base pieces, two layers each. As none of her friends lived in my town, I mailed swatch kits to the others involved.\u00a0 Each person would create their own swatch design using the chosen color palette. We all felt a child-like giddiness as it was to be a surprise!<\/p>\n

Each swatch I received back in the mail was like Christmas morning, opening that special package.
Here is a school of pup fish from one friend, reminiscent of a group camping trip taken years ago.<\/p>\n

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Another dear friend of hers sent this joyful canine for the dog lover.<\/p>\n

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Leaping foxes for the animal lover from yet another friend.<\/p>\n

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Another member of the posse sent Lama Love, for the birthday girl had raised and kept lamas for decades.<\/p>\n

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See the llama in the yellow portion? That’s a Peruvian knitted finger puppet sewn on.<\/p>\n

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I had saved the remnants of the rooster and the rose from the first quilt I had made. I was so happy to find the perfect use for them!<\/p>\n

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Here’s a shot of that first quilt made from an Alabama Chanin<\/a> DIY kit.<\/p>\n

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And here from another friend, Musical notes dancing about as she plays the violin and guitar and thrives on music.<\/p>\n

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Flowers and plants for the avid outdoors-woman and gardener extraordinaire.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd this pretty square to represent her adopted, rescued greyhounds.<\/p>\n

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The family tree, rooted into the map of her home city where she grew up and still lives, surrounded by family and friends.<\/p>\n

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And some sweet\u00a0 little details here and there.<\/p>\n

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I gleaned some great ideas for the lichen covered tree from this youtube video<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Here’s the process for this funky, yellow patch.<\/p>\n

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I used a disappearing pen to make a grid; stitched in the middle of each; then cut along the lines.<\/p>\n

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When washed the edges will curl and look like this.<\/p>\n

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I created this stencil for a Camp Stitches<\/a> class I taught.<\/p>\n

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I appliqued the snipped petals from it for this bit of embroidery.<\/p>\n

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The quilt was constructed with Coats and Clarks buttoncraft thread; then the edges were blanket stitched with embroidery floss to finish off this soft throw.<\/p>\n

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I enjoy seeing the back side stitches on my other quilts, knots and all, and I knew my friend would be the same, so I did not cover them up.<\/p>\n

Each and every stitch of this quilt is imbued with love and friendship and best wishes. What started out as a little kernel of an idea, blossomed into a gathering of friends, celebrating our mutual comrade with a showering of affection.<\/p>\n

Happy Birthday, my dear, sweet friend ~~~ Cheers!<\/p>\n

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