My ANGEL AROUND THE WORLD QUILT

Here is a picture of my ANGELS AROUND THE WORLD QUILT. There were 18 girls who participated by doing from 1 to 7 blocks each.

Linda in Nova Scotia not one did the blocks but also assembled and stitched the whole quilt together.

Then it was mailed to Shari in Saskatchewan who put the back on it. Then sent it to me as a huge surprise.

This quilt's theme was BEATING CANCER because that sumer (2002) I was told by my family Dr that my tests showed I had breast cancer. Lucky and very fortunate that I was, it didn't happen. There was a misdiagnosis. I still say it had something to do with my Angels working behind the scene sending healing and positive thoughts with them.

The girls came from

England (Doreen, Marian, Pam)

Austraila (Shirley, Dawa)

USA (Leslie-Colorado (who also made a most beautiful Angle Friend wallhanging) Sandy-near Paduka, Jackie-Illinois, Laurie-Hawaii, Kim-California, Rev Linda, JC

Canada (Shari-Saskatchewan, Linda-Nova Scotia, Kerry-Alberta, Ginette-Quebec, Mary-British Columbia, Catharine-Ontario)

I will get a picture of the wallhanging ANGEL poem and post it here also.
Everytime I display my ANGELS AROUND THE WORLD, my heart starts to sing as I can feel the love coming from every stitch.

I believe, and I know I'm right, that when piecing it together for me I am sure Linda lost one of her Angel wings or did she really gain a 3rd one from the patience of putting velvet with cotton? And Shari. she made sure that everything was reinforced when it arrived so that nothing would remove itself from the quilt top. That in itself was a tremendous amount of work, even before she stitched the front quilt to the backing materia.

This was truly a labour of love, but to my and my family, it has become a family Heirloom.

Thank you again to all who participated.

Linda
Leslie
Kerry
Catharine
Marian
Pam
Doreen
Mary
Laurie
Kim
Ginette
Shirley K
Jackie
Sandy
Rev Linda (Jammie)
Dawa
JC
Shari

A bit about catching up

For the past few months I've been trying to complete several long standing projects so here I am again to record and journal that journey.
I will be adding pics as things begin to happen.
I have reunited with such a great friend (Susan) and she has begun quilting as well. She is such an inspiration as she finishes what she starts. I am hoping that her GOOD HABITS will begin to rub off on me. Already it seems to be working in the coming months I hope to journal all that I have completed.
At the same time I am still teaching embellishing so between my own projects I've been busy getting lesson plans put into action. I am enjoying so much sharing and teaching others. I hope to take my ANGEL QUILT FROM AROUND THE WORLD to the quilt guild on Monday and showing my "sane" quilting friends just what can be done with a few beads and things. Hummmm I should get a picture right here to show all of you what I mean. Eighteen of my friends in a cyber Embellishing group made this quilt for me. Some did one block, some did 7 or 8. This is a true gift of love and can never be replaced. At the moment on of my projects is to sew a sleeve on the back and get this quilt hung in my home for displaying the love that othes have shown me.

Back again after a bit away.