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Comment: April 2005 The completed top for the older boy's comfort quilt.
littleboy.complete * April 2005 On April 1st, 2005, Kelly Deming was strangled to death by her husband--just 2 doors down from us. In essence, her 2 little boys are now orphans. Their mother gone, and their father charged with murder. I don't know why, but I feel compelled to create comfort quilts for these two boys. One is aged 5, the other 9. I hope they can find some solace in these quilts. They were made by me, but the fabric love and compassion comes from quilters around the country. * 500 x 375 * (75KB)

littleboy.close * April 2005 Closeup of the front and back. This one I hope, goes to the 5 year old. There are more fabrics for younger boys in this one. I know, I messed up a bit on the backing. The quilt top was a few inches larger than the width of the backing. I had to make the backing in pieces. The front is made with cotton 6 inch completed squares, 7 across and 7 down. The backing is a flannel print of robots and space ships. There is no batting. I figured with the hot climate of Florida, the flannel backing should suffice. It is bordered and binded by a blue marble cotton. It is tied with Lion's Brand bright multi-colored yarn. * 500 x 375 * (76KB)
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bigboy.close * April 2005 Closeup of the front and back. This one I hope, goes to the 9 year old. There are more fabrics for older boys in this one. I know, I messed up a bit on the backing. The quilt top was a few inches larger than the width of the backing. I had to make the backing in pieces. The front is made with cotton 6 inch completed squares, 7 across and 7 down. The backing is a flannel print of robots and space ships. There is no batting. I figured with the hot climate of Florida, the flannel backing should suffice. It is bordered and binded by a blue marble cotton. It is tied with Lion's Brand bright multi-colored yarn. * 500 x 375 * (59KB)

signature.block * April 2005 Here is the signature block I made for both quilts. Comfort Hugs from LadyJai...I wanted it to be annonymous, yet still a bit personal. * 500 x 375 * (58KB)

both.complete * April 2005 Here are the two quilts complete and ready to go. * 500 x 375 * (60KB)

PPFoldedStar * 1 Aug 05 After many, many, many stitches sewn and ripped, replacement, sew and rip...replacement again...sewn again....2 failed blocks, I finally got one successful paper pieced block. I cannot for the life of me do this spacial orientation thing...guess that's why the Air Force didn't accept me in the pilot program. LOL I just cannot picture what it looks like when sewn....so after many trials and frustrations...and I still was not going to let this thing beat me! I knew the concept and I knew it was easy. I just couldn't picture how it was supposed to go! But, I finally did it....here is one of the blocks I am going to do for the patriotic star swap. * 500 x 375 * (169KB)
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