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My best friend's Christmas is going to be a bit sad this year. Her grandmother, who raised her and was basically her mother, died last week after a long battle with lung cancer. Before she died, knowing she was declining, my friend asked Oma if she would knit a blanket for her for when she had kids. Unfortunately, Oma was too sick and was never able to do it.

I had an idea for a Christmas present for her, but I needed the cooperation of her family. Fortunately, I'm close to Ashley's family and talked to her grandfather and mother about my idea. This is part one of three:



I had her grandfather and mother search through Oma's closet and grab some of her most often worn clothes. I took some blues, some pinks, and then another dress. I'm making three quilts, one for Ashley, one for a future boy, and one for a future girl :) I have plenty of scraps and will be glad to help make more should more children arrive :)








On the very bottom square on the left is an angel. Ashley started a collection of Willow Tree Angels with Oma a few years ago, so I looked on the website and drew a 2D version of one of the angels and made an applique of it for the bottom corner.




So.... whatcha think?

One down, two to go...

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EDITED TO ADD:

Thanks you guys so much for all of your comments! I couldn't wait, so I went ahead and finished the two baby blankets and gave them to her tonight and she absolutely loved them. Yay for making my friend cry... but in a good way! She really loved the colors and everything and the touch of the angel and I'm glad she was so happy with them! Yay!