June 25, 2014

Two quilts to be planned.

Two weeks ago, I was contacted by someone I didn't know, via email, regarding making a quilt for her.  She explained that her husband had passed away on May 16th and a friend had suggested that she have his dress shirts made into a quilt.  My heart broke when I read her email.  She also mentioned a 6 year old daughter.

We emailed back and forth and decided on two quilts, one for her and one for her daughter.  She had a size in mind 60" square, each.  I gave her a price, one third less than usual; I really didn't know what to charge since she's supplying the shirt fabric.  Today the box came, from Chicago.

I opened it up and took some photos, I was very happy with the mix of patterns and colors.  (When Bob was working detectives all his shirts were very neutral, white, blue, gray, tan, etc., not very interesting for a quilt.)


I have a couple of stitching projects I want to take care of before starting this project.  I think that will give me some time to come up with a plan for the quilts.


This was printed on the outside of the box.  Heart is aching, again.

May your bobbins always be full,

2 comments

  1. Oh my gosh, tears here too. Bless them.

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  2. aww! that's so heartbreaking. That would be way too much pressure for me, good luck! I'm excited to see what you create. :)

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