So a few weeks ago an old coworker contacted me and told me that his 13 year old daughter was diagnosed with cancer back in September. I couldn't believe it! I hadn't seen or heard from them in probably eight years or so and was a total shock because I remember her when she was just a little girl coming into the office on Fridays with her mom to pick up her dads paycheck. With that said, Megan (cancer survivor) was trying to raise money for the relay for life event in her town. Her mom was my Facebook friend and knew that I was pretty crafty and asked if I would make a purple quilt to go in the raffle for Megan's team. I of course couldn't pass up this opportunity, the only thing though was the time limit I had and the bazillion other projects I was trying to finish along with opening my own online quilt shop (katiesquiltshop.etsy.com) I did some research online and didn't find much for cancer survivor quilts but I did find one picture that looked easy enough to finish in a few weeks. I really wish I could have had a little more time to do a better pieced quilt but oh well, I got it done and that is what counts. It was super easy, strip piecing, quick going together and a larger meander quilting pattern on it. Okay, after 20 minutes of research, I finally found the quilt that inspired me (well, pretty much just like hers without the border, no time to tweak it to make it my own) you can click here if you would like to check hers out.
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