Hometown Healing

Several weeks ago my niece had foot surgery.  While she was in the hospital someone brought her a lap quilt.  She was so touched by that.  This same niece just last year made her own lap sized quilt from a charm pack.  That was her very first quilting experience and she did a great job!  So when she was given this quilt in the hospital she had a good idea of just how much work goes into a quilt. 


Later that day I stopped by to visit her and she showed me the quilt.  I was not surprised at all to find a small tag on the back that said it was given to her from Project Linus.


I have heard of Project Linus and had always meant to send them a quilt or two, but never got around to it.  After seeing how happy my niece was to get such a thoughtful gift during a stressful time, I decided that now was the time to send in a quilt. 


I mentioned in my last post how I had used the bits and pieces from my Right Turn Only quilt.  Here is the finished quilt:


 


And here is the first photo taken.  My little helper knows that when I set my tripod up that this is his chance to get into a couple of photos.  He just can’t resist it. 





I called this quilt Hometown Healing.  The fabric line used here is Hometown by Sweetwater for Moda.  I still just really love this fabric. 






The backing is a yellow print that reads more like a solid.  It is lovely, soft and I have no idea what it is.  Sorry!  The binding is one of the only prints from the Hometown line that I could find in our LQS.  It is disappearing quickly.  If you want some, go and get it now!  I know you can still find the jelly roll and charm pack here, as well as many (if not all) of the prints.


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