My quilting guild adopted a project of creating quilts for a fledgling maternity hospital in Africa. I made this quilt for the project.
We were instructed to quilt "intensely" -- quilt lines close together. This would, hopefully, help the quilt last through many washings at the stream where the women pound their laundry with rocks. It was a pretty amazing experience to stitch a quilt knowing it would go to Africa, welcome a new baby into the world, be cleaned with rocks in a stream, and be received with open arms and gratitude. Could the woman receiving this quilt possibly be more grateful than I was for the opportunity to put it together for her and her baby? Not likely. I loved having the chance to do this quilt.
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