Mom's Good Wishes quilt....shhhhh.....it's a secret!

 I am making a Good Wishes quilt for my mom since she has to go through chemo now. The thought behind it is that you make a quilt with pockets and people fill them with good wishes, small presents, poems, jokes...basically anything that will help them through any days they aren't feeling so good, or to use for warmth during their chemo treatments. I made one for a friend of mine several years ago. I used batiks and lots of trims on hers, as she loves crazy quilts. It turned out very heavy, so I wanted to do this one a bit differently.

 I played around with some fabrics I had, and pinned the pockets together, then tried to come up with a good layout.  It is sort of a random design I came up with that doesn't really have a pattern, but makes arrows where some come together. I started it Tuesday during my sew-in with friends, then worked on it yesterday as well.

 The top is finished, now to quilt it. I got a gorgeous gold and rusty red colored floral for the back. I plan on doing some squiggly lines through the sashings. Not sure about the borders yet, but will probably use a panto. I am going to add some buttons to the pockets for stability after it's quilted. She doesn't know about this, so if you are reading this and you know her, please....mums the word until I finish it and give it to her!

I then got out the Potato Chip quilt and got to work sewing the squared up sections together. I love the colors on this one and think it will be pretty when finished. I have 4 more blocks to finish, then I will be ready to sew it together.

Today I need to get ready for a camping trip I am going on this weekend with my daughter. I hope the weather cooperates!

Pocket Quilt...Blogger's Quilt Festival

A few years ago, a good friend of mine was diagnosed with lung cancer. I had heard of quilts that you make with pockets that could be filled with cards, good wishes, prayers, little gifts that the cancer victim could take with them to the hospital when undergoing treatments. They could use it to cover up with as well as read the messages during their treatment.

So I contacted her family and friends to get cards and messages to fill the pockets and started making the quilt. She loves crazy quilts and batiks, so I made pockets of all types using scraps of batiks and trimmed them with decorative trims. It got pretty crazy all right! When finished and filled it was sort of heavy and cumbersome, but filled with love. She loved it!!! I hope it helped her feel the support and love of her family and friends during her long ordeal of radiation and chemo. She is a cancer survivor!

Go to the Amy's Blogger's Quilt Festival and enter your quilt as well as visit some of the other participating blogs.