A co-worker's mom needed a new pair of lungs due to a long illness. Wow - how scary it must have been not knowing if there would ever be two lungs that matched AND dealing with the sorrow knowing someone had to die for you to live. Before I let my kids get their driver license, they had to agree to be organ donors, it is the best gift to ever give or receive. I want to be stripped like an old car before I'm sent to the junkyard.
There has been some fundraising at work and I donated a quilt to be raffled off. It came out really nice. It is the same pattern as the Magnolia quilt. I used jewel tone colors for fall.
BeeBee always close at hand.
She is giving me her two cents!!
The top is finished. I had a small window and managed to pick out the fabric, pattern, cut and sew the quilt top in three days.
The backing is so beautiful. This fabric reminds me of the Painted Cliffs at the Arizona/New Mexico border at sunset. As bad as I am at math, I nailed this one - I needed right about 6 yards and Hancock had just barely and I mean barely 6 yards. I bought it anyway because it was SO beautiful. When I got it on the frame, I had right about an inch top and bottom to play with!! Perfect!!
I was going to use a different binding and had actually already sewn it together but was overruled because the yellow/gold one looked better and I must say, it definitely looks better. This is right before I started sewing the binding down, it's only pinned in this photo.
My little visitor while I was trying to sew the binding. I have to watch her, she likes to chew weird stuff...
Like my measuring tape!! I was standing there just holding it and felt a tug...(it's 120 inches long)
It really looks like it tastes good. Weird kitty.
The quilt has been delivered and even though the medications are expensive, every little bit helps and the Georgia Transplant Foundation matches dollar for dollar up to 10,000.
The lady is doing well and even though I do not know her, hopefully the money we raise will help her to stay healthy.
I've lost my mom and miss her every minute of every day.
