On Nov. 11 will be the one year anniversary of the passing of my big brother. He was 13 years older than me and has always been my idol. (I am sure that I was always the pesty baby sister in his eyes). His daughters and I were in the process of planning his 65 birthday and retirement gift. (which was to be a patriotic quilt because he was a very proud vet). Not only is the 11th the anniversary of his death it is also my birthday.

I January I decided to honor him by making the quilt and give it away. My brother and sister purchased the fabric, I sewed the top and my mother (86 years young) hand quilted the quilt. We then donated it to our hometown's (population 250) fire department for their annual fundraiser benefit auction. I cannot tell you how many tears were shed in the making of that quilt between myself and my mother. However, it was a very healing process and I had no desire to sew on anything else until that was completed. It made me feel really good when it was purchased for $1200.

As this anniversay rolls aroung I am finding myself once again not interested in sewing. But I wanted to share with everyone a photo of the finished quilt.

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