Friday, December 21, 2018

The Christmas Spirit


Wow, December is screaming by! I’ve been sneaking in a little time for my Noah and Matilda assembly in between other Christmas projects. Since I have nothing finished to show I thought I would share these two “Christmas Spirit” stories.

My local quilt group (Kaleidoscope Quilters) is very productive in quiltmaking for those in need. One of our endeavors is to make quilts for Maine veterans. The following is a quilt that I assembled from blocks made by our group and was quilted by Sharon Patterson. Christina Cromwell has taken dozens of our quilts to veterans around the state. This quilt was raffled off by the 5 County Credit Union to benefit “Cabin in the Woods” which was established to provide permanent housing for “homeless veterans”. (Now there are two words that should never be in the same sentence!!) What makes this story even more special is that the winner is a daughter of a veteran who took her father to visit the “Cabin in the Woods” as it was being constructed. A very heartwarming story indeed! 


The next Christmas Spirit story is in Lori’s (Humble Quilts) own words and you can visit her Facebook page (here) as well. The quilt is the one I made in our “Gwennie Inspired” round robin which you can read about (here). I sent it to Lori in her efforts to help the victims of the horrific fires in Paradise, CA.

I've had a good old fashioned cry this morning!! Here's your quilt! Carol is a beloved sub at Paradise HS. The kids love her and it's not because she always has candy! Carol also serves the ridge community in a very unique and purposeful way. She is the founder and director of the food and book bank in Magalia, “Food For Bellies, Food For Thought”. I couldn't have picked a better quilt for her. It was full of images from her childhood like paper dolls and cowboys like Hopalong Cassidy. She was in awe of the needle turn applique and beautiful details of this lovely quilt. Enjoy it friend!

The recipient wrote: This quilt is an absolutely wonderful, amazing, beautiful, marvelous, obviously made with love, quilt which I will treasure for eternity (I'll probably be buried in it!!! Yeah, I love it that much!). It was a walk through memory lane for me as I could relate to each of the nostalgic panels, and I could tell that there was love poured into each stitch. Thank you, thank you, thank you .... ad infinitum!

I am thrilled that this quilt went to Carol. I just know we are kindred spirits! 

Merry Christmas to all!

13 comments:

  1. Lovely post! This is a big part of quilting- giving to others and letting them feel our love through our quilts.

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  2. 2 bautiful stories !! It's Christmas time isn't it ? Merry Christmas to you and all your family Wendy !

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  3. I think it's absolutely wonderful that the recipient of your gifted quilt is so thrilled with it. It really is a lovely quilt :0) Merry Christmas to you!

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  4. So wonderful Wendy - both stories. I think of quilts as hugs... and these are two giant bear hugs!

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  5. How touching Wendy! What a lovely ending to a year filled with inspiration here. Merry Merry Christmas!
    xo

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  6. Great, heartwarming stories, Wendy!

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  7. You and your quilt group are so very generous. I love the story of the quilt you donated to the Paradise fire victims, and Carol in particular! You are an angel as well, Wendy!

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  8. Love that you were able to “meet” the recipients of these beautiful quilts—wonderful!

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  9. Thank you for sharing these heart warming stories. Quilts do so much more than warm our bodies, they can warm your soul.

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  10. What lovely stories, Wendy. Thanks for all you do! Happy New Year!

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  11. want to thank Dr Eboh for the herbal HIV medicine he gave to me and my daughter, i was suffering from HIV when i gave birth to my daughter and that was how my daughter got the sickness indirect from me, but to God be the glory that i am heal with the herbal medicine that Dr Eboh gave to me when i contacted him. i want to use this medium to tell everyone that the solution to our sickness has come, so i will like you to contact this great healer on his web site https://holycurecenter.wordpress.com with him all your pains will be gone, i am really happy today that i and my daughter are cured of HIV, we are now negative after the use of his medicine,my doctor confirm it. once more i say a big thank to you Dr Eboh for healing hands upon my life and my daughter, i say may God continue to bless you abundantly and give you more power to keep helping those that want your help in their lives. email him now he is waiting to receive you. holycurecenter@gmail.com or add him on whatsapp +2348053823815.

    Dr Eboh CAN AS WELL CURE THE FOLLOWING DISEASE:-

    1. HIV/AIDS
    2. HERPES
    3. CANCER
    4. ALS
    5. Love spell
    6. Lotto Spell

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