Quilts for a Refugee Family

We just found out today that the Syrian Refugee family which is being sponsored by local Presbyterian churches is arriving on Saturday!  In this post, I am excited to show pictures of the quilts that the London Friendship Quilters' Guild has made for the members of the family of 6.

This quilt is for the parents.  The blocks were made by all the members of the LFQG. We each contributed a few blocks to the pile and two of our members put the quilt together with all of the donated blocks.  I love the way this quilt turned out!

After putting the parents' quilt together, it soon became obvious that there were enough blocks left to make a quilt for one of the children:

A few borders and the quilt was done!

Members of the executive donated red and white fabrics and maple leaf blocks for this quilt for another one of the children.  The backing is truly Canadian... (You can also see the maple leaf quilting in this picture.)

 

This chevron quilt is for another one of the children.  I love how the bright green fabric pops!

 



I made this last quilt at a workshop years ago and decided to quilt it myself for the youngest child--a two year old girl.  Jacqui did the binding for me and gave me the finished quilt tonight. 

I will take the quilts to the welcoming committee sometime this weekend.  I wish the refugee family good health, happiness and a warm welcome to their new home. 

More quilts are in production for a second family, expected to arrive later this year.