Several years ago, I promised Faith Brown a quilt for her high school graduation for her to take to college. Purple is her favorite color, so I collected a lot of purples to make her quilt. She also wanted gray and black to be in the quilt. I found a quilt pattern called French Braid and thought it was just the thing for her, because of the many times through the years that Emily has French braided her hair when we babysat her and her siblings. So February was dedicated to making this quilt! It was easy to do, just too small of pieces for it to be a quick project! If I do this type of quilt again, I will do the math and make the pieces lots bigger!
We heard that Faith and Dr. Cara would come to see us the first weekend in February, so I got busy so I could have something to show her when she came!
Their visit was a quick overnighter after Faith looked at a college in Kentucky. We packed in as much visiting as possible!
I took this picture of Faith with one of the strips of French Braid. She recognized one of the fabrics as one Emily had used to cover a head band for her. I was glad there was a fabric with a sentimental link for her. There are at least 32 different fabrics in the whole quilt! Many of them have memories for our family, from dresses or other quilts I've made.
Another picture as they headed out the door to the airport!
How we do love these people!!
After many, many hours of work, I finished the quilt top on February 24. I had to get it done by then, because Tim and Brenda came to see us, and they could take the quilt back to the quilter for me.
It is a super single size.
It is a super single size.
It is at the quilter's now. I hope to get it back in time to finish it for her May graduation.
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