Stitch: A thread or line that holds things together.

A year ago, I began a quilt for my daughter's birthday.

Recycled a pieced top from a garage sale. 

The fabric was blah, but a good place to start.

Finished Quilt

 I finished the quilt a year later.

Just in time for her October birthday.

Backed in softest flannel.
Tied with light green wool yarn.

Edged in polka dots.

Some of the Squares:

Great Grandma Edith.
(Thanks, Gayle, for the picture.)
Pictures transferred onto linen,
then sewn onto the quilt top.

The old coat button, a reminder of the button jar

that taught us to count, to sort, to know our colors.

 A partial map of NE Portland.

I, of course, "put a bird on it".

Portland, ORE - Put a Bird on It

 "Everything that slows us down and forces patience,

Everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature

is an instrument of grace."

The beauty of dog ownership.

You have to slow down, go for walks, love a lot.

Daughter and rescue golden retriever, Rusty.

This square was fun to design and embroider.

Borrowed from Julia.  Thanks. 

Embroidered spider.

 A self portrait,

from the first grade.

Will she recognize herself?

Embroidered self-portrait.

 Stitch: A thread or line that holds things together.

"Let us be grateful to PEOPLE who make us laugh."

Her brother fishing in Grandpa's Maltby pond.

No blanket for her would be complete

without a rabbit.

Random embroidered squares.

Wherever there is a heart, there is a hole in the fabric.

As the quilt becomes older and more tattered, 

more old wool hearts can be added.

It's very heavy, fits a queen size bed.  

One of those winter quilts that will provide weight and warmth.

I hope she likes it half as much as I enjoyed making it for her.