The Quilt

So I've had this really awesome camera that I haven't been able to use for ....well, really too long, because I didn't have any way to get the pictures of the CF memory card. FINALLY I made it to the store yesterday and purchased a card reader. I have to share some of the pictures.

In January our dear friends Billy and Eliya got married. Well, one of the ladies at church came up with a great idea to make them a quilt while they were away on their honeymoon (they were gone for a month so we had plenty of time). All of the ladies from my fellowship got together and started sewing beautiful squares out of whatever scraps they could find at home. We even got together one Sunday afternoon, set up two sewing machines and let the fabric fly! It was soooo much fun!

Mrs. Graham, at the sewing machine, 

came up with the great idea of making a quilt.

Karen, Melissa and MaryAnn Cutting strips and blocks and pieces....

Kendra and Rachel

Patrick, Sandy, Emily, Karen and Michelle going through fabric and designing their blocks.

There was a lot of waiting and scheduling going on so that everyone 

could get a turn with the rotary cutter or the sewing machine.

One of the biggest surprises was how many of the men and boys from our church fellowship decided to participate and create their own quilt blocks!!! =D ....or at least, they'd design the square and let us ladies sew it together. My dad said Billy always reminded him of Curious George since he can often be found climbing on things and doing something adventurous... the "always very curious" sort. :) Soooooo.... he decided to have me sew this quilt square (It was more applique than sewing really):

Mrs. Graham took all of the squares home and sewed them together into the finished product, and finally after Billy and Eliya had returned home from their honeymoon the Graham family brought the quilt to church and presented it to the newlyweds. Everyone did a great job at keeping our project a secret for they were quite pleasantly surprised!!!

(I had to through this funny picture of Jack in! 

He was sporting some pretty nasty fake teeth. Hehe!)

Here's a picture of a good portion of the congregation. There are a few families/people missing, but there were enough of us there to represent our fellowship for a picture.

So many memories, inside jokes and seams of love are stitched into that quilt!

 

Billy & Eliya with the quilt made for them by their church family... 

The Beef River Bible Fellowship.

(We'd just begun our new assembly shortly before we started the quilt so I had to wait for a while before stitching this square because the men of the church were still undecided on a name.)