I'm also planning a quilt for a friend of mine who has helped me out around the house several times in the last year. We have discussed colors, and I have to let that roll around in my head before I get started with that.
And I have started hand sewing the binding on the Peonies quilt.
HOWEVER...
I had an appointment with my financial advisor recently, and we were talking about the "what-ifs" and close calls in life when he mentioned that one of the staff members who had greeted me when I walked in had recently lost everything when his house burned to the ground in the middle of the night. He and his fiancee escaped with their lives - and nothing else - both were completely naked! Immediately I said, "Can we make them a quilt?" My advisor practically jumped out of his seat. "YES! How much money do you need?" So I'll be making the couple a quilt. He is a drummer for a band in his free time, and she works in health care.
No clothes but they will be wrapped in so much more with your quilt.
ReplyDeleteOh, what a labor of love that quilt will be. Such a miracle they escaped, and, many, many years down the line, they will have the quilt and maybe can laugh at escaping without even the clothes on their backs.
ReplyDeleteI will never forget the day my Nurse Anesthetist came back into the OR and announced to all of us that she was relieved to take a call that their home had just burned to the ground (except hubby's Bass fishing boat ;-) She said "ya know, it's all just stuff". This was nearly 40 years ago, I was in my 20s and I have never forgotten those wise words.
ReplyDeleteIt reminds me of George Carlin's bit "A house is a box to hold your stuff". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvgN5gCuLac
I think your advisor is a definite keeper. How marvelous for the unfortunate couple to have that man in their lives.
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