The long awaited quilts

Well, they may not be long awaited by everyone, but Lisa was hinting rather strongly last night that she wanted to see the pictures.

Now, of all the stupid things, the name of the amazing quilting lady is completely escaping me, but I'm hoping it will come or Lisa will fill in the blank in my mind for me and then I'll come back and add it.  However, she did incredible work.  All of her quilts contained some kind of celtic pattern in them (I really wish I had taken notes as well!), some just in the tiny stitches that aren't really picked up so well by camera.  All of her quilts had a story to go with them and I'll relay one of those stories for you with the picture.  They all have titles and one quilt takes her anywhere from 2-3 years to complete.  If I remember correctly, she has only ever sold one and her others will be willed to people.



This one, if I remember correctly, was a gift to her husband.





If memory serves, this one was made for her daughter and the title had to do with each small part of our lives making up one complete life.



This quilt was called "At Home in the Wilderness".  When her first husband was diagnosed with lunch cancer, he only lived for six months.  She uses quilting as prayer time, meditation and to work through difficult times.  After her husband's diagnosis, she asked the doctor what the colors of lung cancer were.  It is those colors that make up this quilt.  It was obviously not finished when her husband passed on and she was still working on it when she met who would become her second husband.  Her future husband gladly accepted the quilt into his world, along with her, knowing what it symbolized.



This last one, is currently her work in progress.  She hand draws all of her designs to scale and works from that.  The whole process is so intricate and time consuming and she loves it.  She has done work for Judi Chicago and considers her quilting to be a thank you to God for her hands.  Truly an amazing woman with an amazing gift.