Jammer's 100 Good Wishes Quilt

I know that it has been more than 2 years since anyone has posted here but I'm going to give it a try anyway. I wanted to share with all of you a picture of Jammer's 100 Good Wishes Quilt.

It turned out better than I ever expected it would. I've received so many compliments on it from experienced quilters whos work I admire. I did it all myself and it is huge, 116" x 130". Through the process of collecting the squishes and figuring out what to do with them, I decided to do some of the work myself. I took a quilting class and lets just say, the rest is history.

I am a fully addicted quilter now. I love it more than words can express. To date I have completed 11 more quilts (including a OHGWQ for a friend's daughter) and have so many more in the works. I have my own quilting blog and have become very active in the online quilting community. We moved into a new house just over a year ago and I now have my own crafting studio which makes me happier than just about most things, except my kids of course.

And it is all because of the squish swaps. That one little first swap got me hooked and I haven't looked back.

What I also wanted to tell you is that each and every time I look at Jammer's quilt, look through his scrapbook of wishes or tell someone about it (typically a fellow quilter who hasn't heard of these types of quilts before), I think of all of you, each and every one of you that contributed to this quilt and the journeys to our babies that we shared together.

I do truly hope that your lives now are happy and you are enjoying your days as a family. I know we are. Sunshine's 100 Good Wishes Quilt will be started soon and I'll be happy to share pictures of that if anyone is interested. If you still have your fabrics in a pile waiting to be turned into a quilt and need someone to do that for you, email me at mak8818@nycap.rr.com. I have 2 other friends waiting in the wings for me to make the quilts for their daughters and I'd be happy to add you to the list. I have so many great quilt patterns that will look great as one of these quilts and I know that having the quilt completed instead of sitting in a box somewhere is so much better.

Best wishes to all of you from all of us. The memories from our waiting days will stay with me forever.

Hugs, Michele, Chuck, Jammer and Sunshine