Bear Paw Quilt & Wonky Stars Quilt

I just donated these two quilts to Wrap the World With Quilts. I first made these quilts in 1998 and 1999. The Bear Paw quilt I made for my daughter when she was a teenager in high school and the Wonky Stars quilt I made the year before in 1998. They weren't used much at all. Sat on their beds for a few years and then when they got older and moved out on their own, they didn't take the quilts with them. I saved them for years, thinking they might want them one day, but no. So rather than keep them tucked away in the cedar chest, I decided to donate these quilts to some people in Ukraine so they can use and enjoy them and bring them hope and happiness. I left the labels on each quilt with the date made and to my daughter or son. I registered the quilts online with Wrap the World With Quilts, and said where I wanted them to go and wrote a note to the person who will receive the quilt(s) that I made these for my daughter (or son) and wanted to pass them along to them now. They were made with lots of love and I hope the recipient can feel the love that went into these quilts. I hand quilted them too as I had no idea then how to machine quilt them and I never even knew there were any longarm quilter back then.

These were also made many years before I started blogging, so I wanted a record of having made them here on my blog.

I got an email these were shipped. Safe journey quilts.

Bear Paw made out of mostly purple and green batik fabrics, my daughters favorite colors at the time. She has since changed her favorite color(s) many times over the years and I have no idea what her favorite color is now. I over made a lot of the bear paw blocks at the time, not knowing how many I would need. I turned one into a pincushion, so I will always have a small reminder of this quilt.

I remember hunting for purple and green batiks for a year or so before making this quilt. Buying a fat quarter or more every place I found some I liked. 

I made this Wonky Stars quilt for my son. He loved looking through his telescope at night at the moon and stars. I wondered if he might study astronomy or get into that field one day, but no he didn't. I think he still does like astronomy though.

All hand quilted.

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