As a little girl gets bigger overnight ...

This is a quilt for a young girl who's doing a lot of growing up right now ... she's 11 years old.

In the past 3 years, she's had a lot of change in her life as her mom married a soldier ... since June of this year, they have moved to a new state, she's started a new school and today ... the only father figure that's really around shipped off to Iraq for a year.

Her mom married my brother ... and she's my new neice.

This quilt is going to be for her ... from "one Army brat to another".

I grew up the daughter of a soldier.  My dad's war was Vietnam ... and I was 7 and 10 respectively when he went on his two "tours".  When a child's dad goes away to war, you fill a different role.  You struggle between being a kid and your belief that your the person that your mom is depending on.

It's going to be lonely around their new house for a little while ... and I decided last night that I could fix something ... in the only way I know how these days ... with a quilt.

I fell in love with this fab quilt by "From the Blue Chair".  It seems it's actually a pattern from Oh Fransson. 

So my goal is to put it together quickly and get it off in the mail to make a little/big girl feel a little more appreciated in a tough situation ...

... from one Army brat to another.

Hope you're having a good week.

All the best
Lisa

Comments

  1. this is going to be such a special gift for her. it is so hard when dad's go away. we know from experience being married to a army officer...the colors are perfect and that pattern is really cool and fun.

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  2. What a great thought and sure to cheer her up! Justine xx

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  3. All of your quilts are very unique. I love your quilts and I'm giving you the award of "The Versatile Blogger" Look at my blog to see what it's all about..

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