Positively Bright

 It's a top!

My quilt top for the Positivity Quilt Along is done! 

My take on this pattern is a little unusual.  Here's how I laid out the blocks.  There are six blocks in each of eight bright colors.  Three of the six have light backgrounds and three have dark backgrounds.  Those six were sewn into a rectangle 2 blocks by 3 blocks, and then all the rectangles were added together.

When finished, this quilt will go to Mercyful Quilts at Mercy Hospital in Sacramento, CA.  The quilts in this project are used to comfort a dying person, and then are given to the family after their loved one has passed away.

I know these bright colors might not be everybody's cup of tea.  Most of the quilts I make are baby quilts, meant to cheer families in difficult circumstances, such as hospitals.  When I think of how sterile hospitals are, bright colors seem like a good antidote.  So I chose the same kinds of colors for this quilt.

Maybe a family will choose this quilt to memorialize a "colorful" personality.  I can think of a few characters in my own family who would fit the description, such as my great aunt Mabel.

If you've read my blog before, you know I love novelty prints.  I restrained myself from using them on this quilt, with a few exceptions.  The yellow print above is meant to be cheese, which I found out from reading the selvedge.  I don't think anybody would know that just from looking.  (I didn't!)

Hearts seemed appropriate.  I used this print in two places.

This is my favorite print in the whole quilt.  The words are faith, hope, and love, arranged in a circle.

I hope this quilt conveys the positivity I feel, and gives comfort to the patient and his or her family.

Many, many thanks to Preeti of the Sew Preeti blog for giving us this challenge, and to all her helpers and minions.  Special thanks to Bernie of Needle and Foot for all her work for Mercyful Quilts.

Linking up with Needle and Foot for the flimsy linky party!  Come and see all the wonderful quilts everyone has made!