Christmas is Coming...

I embroidered these two bath towels for a friend. She will be giving them as Christmas presents. I think they turned out rather nicely.

Christmas is coming and I am frantically trying to complete a few more projects. I am almost done with the quilt top for a friend of my dad. She tragically lost her son last fall in a motorcycle accident. The quilt will showcase his photographs. I am also using his clothes to make blocks to surround the pictures. I will post a picture later. Maybe I can get the top completed and get it basted this week??

Also, I am working on a quilt for a young girl who has cancer. It is a project that is close to my heart. I have a good friend who lost her son last year to cancer. It was heartbreaking to see such a young child suffer with this awful disease. Will God be able to use the quilt to help this family? I hope so. 

The need for quilts in our community and elsewhere never ceases to amaze. God gave me this amazing gift and by sharing it with others, I hope to show his love.

God bless and Merry Christmas!
Beth 

Katie Cakes

This is a memory quilt I made for Missy Stevens. Her mother-in-law makes t-shirts for all of the grand kids every summer. The kids wear the t-shirts when the family goes on their summer vacation. Missy wanted a quilt made with the old t-shirts and pictures of Katie with the family.

Katie's grandma called her Katie Cakes, so I cut out those words and put them around Katie's picture.

Katie drinking Starbucks, of course!

A picture of the three sisters together.

A family shot in Colorado (I think).

When the kids were little.

Katie with a can of coffee.

A booty shot of the kids.

The shirts were made from t-shirts and even denim one year.

Each child was numbered based on their birth order.

I framed a few of the pictures and then superimposed them on top of the quilt. 

I added the purple polka dot hearts as a reminder of Katie's love of purple.

Katie Stevens, a smart young girl with a beautiful smile taken away too soon.

Sweet girl, you are missed.