The Individual Blocks from Kai's Quilt
While I'm waiting for Kai's arrival, I thought I could make good on the promise I made in this post, and post close-ups of the individual blocks in the quilt that Tammy Hensley created for me, Tony and baby Kai. Tammy Hensley put together quilt blocks made by some
wonderful Artella friends, and the result is a fabulous ocean-themed
quilt, which is fitting because Kai - our baby boy's name - means
"ocean" in Hawaii'an.
Here is the full quilt:
Here are the individual blocks, starting at the top left.
This one is by my cousin, Robin Kreutzberg. It says "Welcome Kai - Ocean Son":
This one is by Heather Buysse. The three-dimensional fibers are just gorgeous:
This one is by terri st. cloud.
The text reads:
May you know the fire within you
May you never doubt your connection to it
May you learn the balance between holding it close and giving it freely
And may you dance with the light that you shine
Welcome Kai!
See terri's beautiful "bone sighs" in The Shoppes of Artella.
This colorful fishy is is by Pattie Mosca:
This one is from my old friend Kelly Beilfuss. That's her son, Troy, in the photo:
This one is by Sally Giedrys...it says "Welcome Kai - Treasure of the Ocean":
This one is from Cheryl Richards. The way she incorporated Kai's name is so cool:
This is by
Constance Bates. It says "Kai - In me, around me, always":
This one is by Barbara "Aunt Bobby" Miller. (Who really IS my actual Aunt, by the way!) It features a beautiful bible verse:
My old friend Patricia Twomey collaborated with her mother, Sue Rejmaniak, to create this stunning block:
Tammy Hensley, who assembled the entire quilt so beautifully, created this block, featuring Kai's name in her masterful calligraphy. See Tammy's beautiful calligraphy works, and more, in The Shoppes of Artella.
This block is by the wonderful Violette:
And lastly, this one is by Karen Solliday:
Aren't they amazing? Each one is unique work of art, and then Tammy did such an ingenius job at tying them all together. Tony and I would also like to thank Sandi Keefer, Carol Moore, and Irina Naskinova for their contributions that made this quilt possible. I know that our family will cherish this gift forever!