My husband recently under went chemotherapy and to fill in the time sitting with him I decided to make a quilt, hand sewing the blocks. I chose a top with lots of different blocks that would be more manageable. Naturally I chose to make it in shades of purple.
It was pleasant to sit and sew while chatting with staff and patients, I had not hand pieced before and was pleased with the results. Philip's chemo lasted eight months (from August 2005) so I was able to finish it just after his chemo finished.
I machined quilted the top because I have never hand quilted and wanted to finished the quilt. I had decided to donate it to the Chemo unit where Philip had his therapy (Blacktown Oncology at Blacktown Hospital) and wanted to hand it over. I knew the unit had occasional raffles and thought they might like to use it.
The finished quilt was duly handed over - I put it into a calico bag with some lavender 'pillows' to keep it fresh until it was raffled. The girls were happy to receive it and thought they would save it for their Christmas raffle. I was so overwhelmed by their response - the quilting wasn't perfect but they thought it was wonderful. I felt very humble and so pleased that I had decided to donate it.
I hope who ever wins it has good fortune with their chemo results.
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