My best friend, became old and frail, and began missing alot of church, becuase of her health.

I had everyone in church write out prayers for her, and I cyanotype printed them into butterfly shapes.

She loved the quilt until the day she died. It brought her alot of comfort.

I just realized I have never shown this.

Wow, what a wonderful talent you have. Thanks for sharing this wonderful, uplifting quilt:)

Beautiful, I am sorry for your lost. I am sure the quilt brought much comfort.

This quilt is amazing... what a great friend you are :D:D:D

this is absolutely beautiful! What a wonderful way to show your love and friendship.

That's so cool. I had to look up cyanotype and I learned something new today. Beautiful quilt.

wow. That's wonderful

What a wonderful gift you gave your friend. Sorry to learn of her passing. Thank you for sharing the pictures of her quilt.

Kat

Oh how beautiful. I am sure she treasured it immensely. You'll never know just what a difference you made in her life--till you see her again. The entire quilt is just so beautiful, the signatures, the poem, the picture: all of it.

Thanks for sharing. I'm sure your heart is breaking but you've done two wonderful things: making the quilt for your friend and sharing with us. These stories encourage the rest of us to do the difficult task of caring for family and friends when they need us the most.

AMEN

Beautiful. . . in thought and quilt.

I thought what a great way to express a love for another soul who is struggling. I just KNOW heavenly Father took it personally. That is a precious quilt.

i'm not sure exactly how you did that but it is beautiful. :thumbup:

Very thoughtful of you.

Wow! Very neat, and original! Sorry for the loss of your friend~

a very special quilt.

Your work is always so beautiful my friend!
Hugs
April

How exquisitly said. Now the family will treasure it.

Wonderful gift for a friend.

So much comfort for your friend! Thanks for sharing something so personal.

Its beautiful and I am sure she felt the love through the quilt. Sorry for your loss.

Beautiful!!!

That is just awesome...love it alot!! :thumbup:

Beautiful quilt!

That is a very special quilt ! Beautiful, too

My friend did love this quilt immensely. One problem I had making it was that everyone in church wanted to say just the right thing, they all loved her so much, so it took several weeks to get everyone's notes and signatures. Everyone in church from Pastor on down to my 3 year old granddaughter who only made one hump on her M wanted to let the lady know we loved her and were praying for her.

We talked alot as she was getting sicker, and she told her family that I was to get the quilt when she died. But, her daughter has kept it, even after it came up in a conversation and she said she thought I would want it back. But, I have never seen it. I just hope that daughter is loving it as a reminder of Mom, and not that the great grandkids are dragging it around. Oh, well, give it and it is no longer mine, huh?

I just hate the thought of something so unique and expensive would not be appreciated.

I just absolutely LOVE cyanotype printing! I LITERALLY giggle every time I do it. My hubby laughs at me.

It is very simple to do and quick. Basically you have pretreated fabric, apply either objects to block exposure (like set a starfish or something on the quilt, and the fabric underneath will not be exposed) or you can do photos.

I take my photos to Kinkos and have them do it as a negative on transparency film. Then, I lay the film on the fabric, expose it to the sun, rinse it and WAA-LA! It is done.

I always buy my fabric here: http://www.blueprintsonfabric.com/ this is a great company. I just tried their colored cottons last year, and had lots of fun, but usually I just use the white cotten, which makes blue prints. You can see the closeup of Lily praying in the butterfly and Decade of Love in the gallery.

For the Decade of Love quilt, I took the blue printed fabric, did a couple more steps and changed it to brown.

Another quilt I did with this techinique:http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-80382-1.htm it is supposed to be in the gallery soon too.

Beautiful and so thoughtful!!! So talented! :thumbup:

Absolutely awesome!

How loving and precious. You gave your friend such joy.

It brought tears to my eyes..what a beautiful gift you created. Sometimes the best and only thing we can give someone are prayers. This quilt is so tangible and full of love! I would like a tutorial, as well.

such talent outstanding

Awesome quilt!!! So sorry to hear of the loss of your friend!

I love it!

What a wonderful gift. I'm sorry for the loss of your friend.

thank you so much for sharing this--really enjoyed the poem & i think the butterflies are a wonderful idea...

awesome quilt you did a great job

I'm sure your friend got lots of comfort from such a beautiful gift. So sorry for your loss. But know you were truly a great friend who cared.

This is such a wonderful thing to do for a friend! How lovely! Thank you for sharing it!