I got the first row of my Farm Girl Sampler quilt sashed together yesterday. But today, I discovered Orlando Modern Quilt Guild is hosting an initiative to make quilts for the Pulse victims and their loved ones. My heart (my own personal heart) told me I had to make a quilt for them. So Farm Girl is on hold until I can get 30 heart blocks made and sewn together. I'll pass it off to Lena to quilt on the long-arm.
I'm sure you have all heard by now, but if you haven't, an apparently self-loathing gunman walked into the Pulse bar in Orlando on Sunday morning, slaughtered 49 people and wounded 53 more simply because he didn't approve of their sexual orientation, which, evidence is mounting, he shared. My heart is broken for those beautiful young men and women and for their families and, yes, even for the murderer, who apparently hated who he himself was so much, that it drove him mad and caused him to perpetrate the most deadly mass shooting in our nation's history. So much hatred in our world. Hate seems to be our new patriotism, at least in this country.
So this morning, I selected my rainbow fabrics (five prints each of six different colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple). I will make one row of hearts of each color, for a total of 30 blocks.
If you would like to take part in the Orlando quilt initiative, you can find information here. Or if you would just like to make a fun an easy heart quilt, you can find instructions at Cluck Cluck Sew. And now, I'm going back to making heart blocks. Please pray for Orlando.
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On 06/14/2016, Margaret said ...
You are such an inspiration.
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