My First Quilt Transformed My Life, Not Just Fabric

The final episode in the series about making my first quilt to process grief.

I started my first quilt to deal with grief, thinking it would give me something positive and challenging to focus on. I decided to make a baby quilt for a friend who was moving to another country, and as the stack of blocks grew, I started to feel better, but it also made me nervous I would mess up my blocks… My perfectionism took over the project stalled... but their moving date kept getting closer and I had to get going again.

When I'm in the midst of a craft project, I'm eager to progress, but once I'm nearing the finish line, I always feel homesick for the start of the project. But to finish my first quilt was amazing and I'm sure there will be many more quilt projects in my future.

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