  When I started this Block I said that it was for a friends birthday, that was a little white lie to keep the secret in case M happened to read my blog.
The truth is that it was for a friends farewell quilt…a gorgous American girl who has been liveing in Canberra for the last few years and now has to move and we have made a crazy quilt for her so she can take something from all of us with her.
At our meeting tonight M had little presents for each of us and We presented her with her special crazy quilt…and yes she loved her new quilt and was down on the floor examining it while we all told her about the blocks we had made.
We all took a plate of Aussie food, including a Pavlova, Lamingtons, Anzac Biscuits, Tim Tams and Vegemite Sandwichs…and had a lovely night.
And Below is the secret project that I have been working on…Tuesday 4 of us got together and got most of the tying done onto the false back (and false back continued)…Wednesday 2 of us got together finished the tying, added the real back and Buttons…and I put the bindings on last night and this afternoon…The centre block is for us all to sign which we did with a green pen.
The middle block in the 4th row is Sharon’s Block which you can see here
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May 18th, 2007 at 11:00 am
Such a great present!
May 18th, 2007 at 11:59 am
Just found your blog linking over from Sharon B. Great blog! And a fantastic quilt. Your friend must have been thrilled to bits to receive it.
May 18th, 2007 at 9:20 pm
Annie,
I am from the US and I just wanted to tell you I enjoy all your postings.
Love the crazy quilt you and your friends made for “M”.
I would love to see close up views of all the blocks, any chance I might have access to each block?
Thank You
May 20th, 2007 at 8:14 am
What a beautiful quilt, each of the blocks are fantastic. I am sure M, was speechless, I know I would be. This is a fabulours gift of love.
May 21st, 2007 at 11:41 pm
What a wonderful storehouse of memories that quilt will be for her! Such a neat thing to do.
May 22nd, 2007 at 6:52 am
What an incredible expression of friendship!! The workmanship is (of COURSE!) SO lovely, and the thought that quilters would come together to make something of such enormous value, not just time investment but heart speak, is just utterly wonderful.