Carol Post (Caz)  used her talent to make a baby quilt and donated the proceeds to PLWP!
Baby Quilt for Parkinson's

I first met Mr. David Leitch at a Parkinson's fundraiser in Chillicothe, IL in 2001.  I was helping Joan Snyder with her silent auction.  David kept checking on his bid for a baby quilt which he wanted for his 1st granddaughter.  He was thrilled to be top bidder.  This year at the 2003 fundraiser he mentioned in his speech he was hoping to bid on a quilt for his second granddaughter.  But we had none to offer.

As  the afternoon was coming to a close, I approached David and offered to make the quilt for him.  I've only made one other quilt but felt I could do this.  Us Parkies will do anything to raise money for research.

We emailed several times so I could get an idea for the color scheme and pattern.  It was to be yellow and purple in a crib rail pattern.  I had never heard of this pattern and searched the internet.  No luck.  Then I went to a Quilt Shop and got help there.  They too had never heard of that pattern but showed me several patterns with squares set in as a diamond.

We picked out several yellow and purple and I was on my way.  It took me a week or more to feel confident to cut this beautiful fabric and sew it together.  Then came the quilting.  What if I screwed it up?  Another week went by and I thought well it's got to be done.  I did some machine embroidery on one side and it didn't look quite right.  I started to take the stitches out, but was afraid of ruining the quilt.  I then put yellow strips all around the quilt which I think put the finishing  touches on the quilt.  I truly enjoyed making this quilt and hope Dallyn enjoys it too.  ...Carol   Note:  Click on each picture for full view.