A few weeks ago I asked a friend from work (Kristi) for some guidance on a quilt that I wanted to make for Rachel. I wanted it to be in the sarcoma awareness color (yellow) and have a yellow awareness ribbon as part of the design. Rachel had picked out a quilt design she liked on Pinterest, but I needed help in translating the photo of a square quilt into a proper size rectangular quilt and Kristi has vastly more quilting experience than I.

Not only did I get help in the design of the quilt, but Kristi organized a sewing bee after hours at our office last month, enlisting the help of probably more than 20 people, many of whom donated yellow and white fabric that they had on hand. Unfortunately, I was in the hospital with Rachel (for chemo) the night of the sewing bee so I was unable to attend.

Kristi has been working on finishing up the final pieces of the quilt at home and today she brought in the finished quilt (or nearly finished – there is still some tying to do and sewing down of the ribbon in the center, which she left for me to do), appropriately named, “Many Hearts Help With Healing.” There was enough extra fabric to make a framed piece, as well as enough for the start of a pillow or two.

Rachel was so excited to get the quilt today!