Aruna is 1 today. Christmas dinner is cooking, courtesy of my dear husband this year. We've had a relaxing day with stockings, gifts and good cheer all around. And soon, we will remember her birthday too. I've saved her gifts for the afternoon, so it will feel like a moment just for her on this special day.
My mother, the quilting artist, passed me Aruna's quilt about a month ago at her christening. Wow, wow, wow, was all I could say. She has incorported the fabric scraps that my friends gave me at the Blessingway, 1 year ago, as well as her own fabrics to make a sun bonnet quilt that I, and hopefully Aruna, will treasure for the rest of her days. One of the fabric scraps was actually a strip of labels, that she sent off to the important and closest relatives to write a message on for Aruna. These have been incorporated into the back of the quilt, along with a tiny soft blanket from my hynobirthing practitioner that just couldn't be cut up.
The result is just gorgeous:
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| the front 'sun bonnets' |
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| the back, quilted soft baby blanket |
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| the back, labels from all of us |
