Shortly there after I joined my husband's family in the Relay for Life. My husband had lost his brother to cancer in 2007 and his family had been doing the Relay for Life since.
On a quilt high from the beautiful throw for Jean, I volunteered to make a quilt for the silent auction that year, and my now husband put out the request for blue fat quarters. Why blue? Because it was Paul's favorite color. Deciding on a pretty log cabin design, my daughter learned how to use a rotary cutter, and both my boys learned how to use the iron.
As the top of the log cabin quilt was done, I noticed I had a lot of fabrics left over. Some of the family had had so much fun in picking out fabrics (Marti yes you...) they brought a lot into this quilt. I must say, the ladies who bought the fabrics did a wonderful job so many amazing and awesome to choose from. So after figuring out I had enough left over for a SECOND quilt... I put together a design of stars and flying geese. Of course once you have two quilts going you know what happens... Yup, both sewing machines decided to not work. Well this was a special quilt, it needed a special name, so we put up on facebook for people to name the quilt. My step daughter Ashley, came up with the name flight of dreams. It was perfect for the quilt. However, the day of the relay as you can see in the picture below, my other half, my stepdaughter Amy and I finished tying off threads and hiding them during relay.
The quilt was raffled off at the end of relay, and the amazing thing was out of the hundreds of raffle tickets we sold, Paul's widow's sister won the quilt.
This year its time for another flight of dreams, this one however wont be raffled but sold out right and part of the proceeds will go to the Relay for Life. Nothing like a good cause to fire up the creative juices. I love the flight of dreams quilts. This year the colors are vibrant, greens and yellow. Bold and stunning.
Just cant wait until its totally finished and even more striking!
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