We try to make as many quilts as possible for Project Linus. It's a big commitment to make a full quilt from start to finish, so the guild's Linus Committee prepares kits from the large collection of fabric donated by guild members. One guild member may make the entire kit, but often she will just piece the top, then another member will quilt it, and yet another will stitch on the binding. Sometimes we ask guild members to show their creativity and provide just one block, as we did with the Hearts for Linus quilt.
Inspired by the
beautiful heart quilts donated to the owners of the Quilt Bus and Hickory Hills Quilts when their home burned, members donated heart blocks for a Linus quilt. The original plan had been to make one quilt, but we collected so many that we'll be able to make three quilts! The first one is done. Members contributed the blocks; the committee cut the background; Marilyn's teenage daughters, Rosemary and Amanda, made the layout; and Connie did the beautiful quilting.
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