An extra special quilt...

As I've mentioned before, I'm a GEMS counsellor to a group of girls in my church. We meet a couple times a month and work on different badges while incorporating praise and worship into our lessons. A few of my girls wanted to do a quilting badge this year, and I was more than happy to oblige.

Before we began, we discussed who we would make a quilt for and chose an extra special woman in our church that has always given much of herself to others, but because of illness she is no longer mobile and able to join us in the congregation.

The girls put a lot of time and energy into designing and sewing their blocks, and it was a lot of fun sharing my knowledge of quilting and explaining all the different steps involved in making a quilt. Throughout the weeks we worked on it, we kept this woman in our conversation and prayers.

This past week, we were able to make a visit to this woman and present her with our gift. She was delighted, there were some tears, and the emotion in the room was high. I couldn't help but think we should have done this sooner, as the response from her was so joyful.

Quilt Stats: generous lap-size, misc red and black charms from a swap, tonal white cotton for backing and black border from my local quilt shop, and red print border from Wholeport.com.