A friend of mine was facing a new cancer diagnosis, and a daunting treatment series. I decided she needed a "love quilt" (something to snuggle in and take to treatments with her).
I picked some yummy "chocolate" fabric for the border (I don't know why, but a lot of my quilts get built "border first"!).
I think it was a Hoffman print. I don't have any left for reference!
I did simple pieced hearts in a variety of reds, and set the blocks Irish-chain style with brown polka-dot blocks. The white background of the blocks has a faint tone-on-tone pattern to it.
I did simple pieced hearts in a variety of reds, and set the blocks Irish-chain style with brown polka-dot blocks. The white background of the blocks has a faint tone-on-tone pattern to it.
(That is Merlin the cat, admiring the quilt top in progress).
The thin inner border was a marbled red.
Since time was of the essence, this one was machine quilted in the ditch, with looping hearts in the border. The backing was a tone-on-tone swirled red.
The thin inner border was a marbled red.
Since time was of the essence, this one was machine quilted in the ditch, with looping hearts in the border. The backing was a tone-on-tone swirled red.
She loved it! (And she is now in remissions, doing really well!)
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