Friday 21 November 2014

Kathy's Quilt!

During a retreat in 2010, a friend asked who wanted to join in on a row robin exchange.  Five of us joined in with Kathy and the exchange began.  The beauty of this type of exchange is the stories we share.


The theme of the rows was "Winter."


Kathy started with Delectable Mountains with a Polar Bear.


Chris appliquéd these delightful Snow Men.


My row was stars with Pond Hockey images in the centre.


Rosemarie made a Northern Lights scene with a Dogsled and Polar Bears.


Lorraine created Snowflakes.  By the way, she quilted this row herself on my longarm!


Carol's row has Polar Bear inserts.

Sadly our friend Kathy passed shortly after the exchange ended.  She did get to see all the rows and was overjoyed with the results.  Time has passed along with some of the hurt of loosing a friend.  Lorraine and I got together to put the quilt together and quilt it.  Barbara took on the binding and is taking the quilt to the hospice that cared for Kathy.  We hope they can use it to raise funds.  If you live in Kamloops go by their craft sale starting December 6 in the North Hills mall.  Maybe you will see "Kathy's Quilt."

Linking up with Finish It Up Friday.

12 comments:

  1. How special is that...good job gals!

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  2. Such a wonderful quilt and a wonderful way to honor your friend.

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  3. what wonderful memories .. and a wonderful way to pass on the love it contains x

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  4. Sharing, caring and remembering. It's a beautiful quilt and will be loved by it's recipient.

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  5. Lovely quilt! And the quilting is fabulous...

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  6. Your quilt has a lovely story. It looks great,too.
    Good to see it going where it will be appreciated.

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  7. Oh, what a wonderful memento of your friend, and a perfect way to share her memory.

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  8. Great quilt, great friend, great way to raise funds for hospice.

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  9. I will! The quilt turned out beautiful and Hospice is amazing

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  10. The quilt is gorgeous, I hope it raises lots of money and has a loving new home. The northern lights row is my favorite!

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  11. A beautiful quilt, love all the "rows". I will stop by....

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