Elizabeth and I met face to face via an online quilting group in 2008. From that moment on, we have been best friends as if we had known each other our entire lives. She is a very loving and caring woman! She moved to Massachusetts from Puerto Rico over 50 years ago. My husband's friend asked him to go to a Boston/NC State ballgame with him that was being held in Boston in 2008. I wouldn't let them leave me behind because I knew several quilters via the online group from the area we were heading to and Elizabeth was one of those quilters. We were going to stay at a Choice Hotel and the quilters had gone and asked if we could use their meeting room for the day and they agreed we could. We all sat and stitched and talked all day. We went out for lunch and a little shopping as well. I made some lifelong friendships from being able to meet them in person. The online group does a lot of comfort quilts and charity work and when Elizabeth had 2 brothers pass away within 4 months of each other, I put out the call for heart blocks and was able to make this quilt to present to her. She came for a weeks visit this June, something she has done many times since we met in Boston in 2008 and several times even staying 2 weeks. I presented the quilt to her and she loved it so very much! These quilts get prayed over as the blocks are being made and as the quilt is going together and being finished. It serves as prayers, love and hugs from the ladies who take part for a lifetime to the recipient.
I am linking up to Alycia Quilts and Finished Or Not Fridays
