a signature quilt . . .

A woman in our church is going through a difficult struggle with cancer.  A close family member of hers asked me to make a quilt for her to include messages and texts from her family and friends.  This is the third quilt that's been made now for someone in our church with cancer, you can see the other quilts here and here.

The fabrics were purchased from a LQS, and the pattern is a simpler version of an X and O quilt.  This quilt came together very quickly, and there was a lot of help from my friend Alisa and the woman in our church that organized the quilt.

In the four blocks at the center top of the quilt is written out the words of the song, 'Great Is Thy Faithfulness.'

Giving a quilt to someone going through cancer treatments is special - visits are not always possible because of a low immune system, meals are more for other family members because the person often has little appetite or is put on a special diet, and treatments leave the person feeling very sick and often cold.  There are organized quilt charities out there that specifically give quilts to cancer patients, such as Victoria's Quilts (there is a US and Canadian group).  I encourage quilters to look into donating to such a worthy cause.

Linking up to Confessions of a Fabric Addict and Sew and Tell Friday.