My husband’s stepmother and her sister live in an assisted living facility in a suburb of Chicago.
Not too long ago she mentioned that they could use new bedspreads for their bed. I stayed silent as I had already started quilts for them and it was supposed to be a surprise.
On our next visit with them, we presented them with the quilts. I had made a quilt with butterfly fabric for his stepmother and a quilt with cat fabric for her sister.
I made the back of the cat fabric quilt all one color with the except of adding strips of fabric from the front. It came out quite nice.
To my surprise, the stepmother claimed the cat quilt. She simply loved the fabric on it and told her sister that “the blue one is a better match for you.”
I found it comical as they are always debating back and forth on things in a sisterly kind of way.
For the cat fabric quilt, I made up a pattern ~ just measured how much I would need for a twin bed and decided on how to cut the fabric.
The butterfly quilt was a pattern that I had used a long time ago and is really easy to make as you can use fabric scraps. Unfortunately I don’t have the a link to share with you on where I found it.
I have made nursing home quilts and have found that the easier the better. The people in nursing homes aren’t picky with what they get, but they are thankful.
Hello,I had been reading on the Internet about your prayer quilts.They are beautiful.I would like to purchase or make a donation for a butterfly quilt.Any size.Thanks.
Hi. I don’t really have prayer quilts. The ones I made were for an assisted living facility. Is that what you are referring to?