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.
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No clothes but they will be wrapped in so much more with your quilt.
Oh, 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.
I 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.
It 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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