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Love looks like this — THANK YOU

This summer, as many of you have read, Joshua got hit by a car and had a lengthy hospitalization. One kind soul had an idea: make simple blocks to send Joshua to let folks know they were thinking of him…he was floored! They spread the word on the Janome 6500 list, the QuiltArt list, my pattern testers yahoo group and more. Well, we have 73 blocks (ten from Sue Franck!) coming from the length and breadth of not only the US, but also Canada, Australia, Singapore, England, Scotland… amazing!

After many distractions, family upsets, surgeries, healing, laughter and joy, I finally was able to put up nearly 35 of the blocks on the design wall. This is what love looks like:

Joshua’s quilt blocks

Cindy Sissler Simms also sent each of the boys a gorgeous Mariner’s Compass block:

Mariners’ compass blocks

Joshua wants a single large bedquilt, which is what that many blocks will make! And thanks to another generous soul (K.McN) from the QuiltArt list, we have a queen sized batt to make that happen, too! Joshua will give Eli some of the blocks, and I’m sure it will take me months to get the tops done and the quilt quilted, but I’ll be sure to let you know when I do. Ilana in Lancaster, Calif., sent Eli a pillowcase with cats and dogs which is well-loved and used already, and the Blockbuster video card was well enjoyed. Rosemary Claus-Grey’s boy with a broken leg mini fiber artwork was on the wall in Joshua’s hospital room, and is on the wall here at home now! The generosity of so many whom we have never even met in person is overwhelming.

We cannot express how much this outpouring of affection and concern means to all of us. Before separating the blocks from the cards and envelopes, I wrote each person’s name, town and state/country on the block, so we can look at each block in the quilt and know who sent it and where it began its journey. Thank you, thank you, thank you, from all of us, with abiding love.

One Response to “Love looks like this — THANK YOU”

  1. Allison Rosen Says:

    I just love those blocks on the design wall – that will be a gorgeous quilt!