Learning to Listen

I am not an ‘orange & teal’ person.

I am not an ‘orange’ person.

I am not a ‘teal’ person.

I am most certainly not an ‘orange & teal’ person.

To awake with the dream/vision/idea/thought that I was to make a quilt with orange & teal is not my ‘norm’, but the ‘message’ seemed clear.  I was to make an orange & teal quilt, for our dear friends J-1 and J-2 who need rest, comfort and restoration.  J-1 has been in the hospital for most of this year…8 weeks in the hospital, 5 weeks in ICU.  A young man (34) with H1N1 flu that turned into pneumonia and then Respiratory Distress Syndrome…a time when concern was grave, if he would make it…and prayers were abundant.  I told My Loving Spouse, I think I am supposed to make a quilt for J-1 and J-2.

He said, “Well, then you should.”

“In orange & teal.”

“Really…”

The thought came quickly together as my mind drifted through church that morning…with black and white…I am to make a quilt for our wonderful, dear, amazing young friends, who are in a long ordeal…and to comfort them.

The most common question heard at quilting is, “What are you making?”  Answering this question as I launched into a new project began with, “Well, it is sort of a God-thing.”  As I explained why I was making it, one dear friend said, “Oh, you are learning to listen to the voice of God.”  The quilt became known as “My God Quilt”

When I ‘listen’ stuff happens.  The amazing thing, is not that God calls us to act in love for others.  The amazing thing is that as I listen and do my best to give God the glory, he still gives us all the fun!To J-1 and J-2, be well my friends and know that you are loved.

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Pattern adapted from Plus Quilt.  

I used dimensions for cot size, but piece count for queen size to build a larger lap quilt.