I know many of you reading this blog will either have received or been a member of a family that has received one of my dear wife's amazing quilts.
Quilting has been part of her life for so many years. Indeed, when a significant birthday milestone was reached a few years ago, we celebrated by visiting the Amish community in Pennsylvania, famed the world over for their fantastic quilting skills.
Click on this link for a short piece I wrote at the time. It describes an enthralling Amish Quilt Auction held annually in Strasburg, Pennsylvania to raise funds for their local fire-station. Needless to say, my wife contributed one of the quilts for sale.
Her charitable activity on the quilting front doesn't stop there. She's a volunteer with Project Linus UK a charity that provides home-made quilts and knitted blankets to comfort sick and traumatised babies, children and teenagers.
So what do we find here, hanging on our familial washing line. No, it's not a collection of exotic lingerie, perish the thought, it's my Christmas present to my dear wife. A patchwork quilt kit she will be putting together over the next few months.
I hope to bring you up-dates as the quilt progresses but in the meantime I would like to dedicate this post to my wife, a fantastic lady with whom I very much remain 'sew in love'!
Yours as ever,
electrofried(mr)
