My dear Mother passed away June 6 2013 and my niece Heather requested that I make her a cuddle quilt. So I started in August 2013 to cut up mum's pjs into 5"squares. I sewed these squares into 9 patch blocks......many of them. When I had all these blocks sewn into separate blocks I proceeded to cut each block into 4 squares......these were pinned on a quilt wall, and resewn into one larger quilt flimsy....at this point it is waiting to be quilted by my friend Val Johnson. This was the hardest quilt I think I will ever make. The quilt was busy, I wanted quiet and cuddly. The scent of Mum's fabric softeners constantly surrounded me, which was warm and comforting, but it brought to my heart and head that she was gone behind the curtain. I could still talk to her, but listening for her answers was a different matter.
Finally I finished sewing the quilt top (flimsy) into one piece in June of 2014.....the flood had broken. I had done something with my creative abilities that Mum would have appreciated being a quilter herself for many years past. I had also made something to gift my niece.....and I completed a project I started out to do.
UPDATE: September 2014. No matter how I tried, I just couldn't visualize this quilt going to my quiet, reserved niece. One night the inspiration came to me to gift it to my Nephew-in-Law Roger. That was the exact answer I've been looking for......my niece is not going to be left out, I am working on the exact one my heart wanted her to have....and bonus, I also used the 2" blocks for a little cuddle quilt for Bailey (Nana/Mum's little Yorkie) and I think there will be enough blocks, strips and strings left of so that I can make myself a cuddle quilt to will keep Mum nearby for years to come......
Disappearing 9 Patch Quilt originally for Heather, but more suited to Roger
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