Limeade

A friend of mine was going to start radiation treatment.  Another friend was collecting items for a care package for her.  One week before the deadline I was going to make her a coaster.  Six days before the deadline I was going to make her a placemat. Five days before the deadline I was going to make her a wall hanging.  Four days before the deadline I decided she really needed a cuddle quilt and I better start working on it.

I chose to make another disappearing nine patch quilt in her favorite color: green.  I used navy blue for the accent color because she has a navy blue couch.  The top came together very quickly.  All but a few of the greens came from my stash.  I was able to find some lime green minky on sale and loaded it on the Bernina Q24.  

My baby belly made quilting on the longarm difficult, so I quilted it with spirals which I can practically do in my sleep (or one handed).

The spirals are consistently inconsistent because it was harder than normal to keep them uniform.

I bound the quilt in the navy blue solid.

Then I took it outside for a few pictures.

The picture above is the most accurate for the colors in the quilt.  

Then I tied it with ribbon and brought it to our mutual friend one day before the deadline. 

So many people brought gifts for our friend that the care package became a tower of boxes.  It helped her  feel loved through a difficult time.  I named it Limeade because I hope she can continue to make the limes she is given into limeade.

XX,
Jasmine