Quilt #87 DeAnn Magee donated by Mary Duke

Quilt #87 was donated to DeAnn Magee by her friend Mary Duke.  More and more this project uncovers how we are connected. This is another quilt started by one person and finished by another then given in love to a third person.

The blocks on this quilt were sewn by Marilyn Mott, another Duncan quilt recipient who has since passed.

This is some of the note Mary enclosed with the quilt gifted for DeAnn's birthday:

Happy Birthday to you my kind, fun, sweet, dear friend. DeAnn, when our sweet Marilyn Mott passed away and you didn't end up with the quilt (Marilyn's Duncan Quilt) that you wanted, I was sad. You were such dear friends and she would have wanted you to have it. You and Marilyn were always there for each other. So, I thought maybe I would make you another quilt. So, when I went to look at fabrics that day at Marilyn's house after you left, I found some quilt blocks that she had made but never finished and turned them into a quilt...So Happy Birthday from Marilyn and I.

Marilyn and DeAnn had only been friends for 4 or 5 years but watching them together it seemed like so much longer. They met as Visiting Teaching companions and hit it off so well they became very close and did everything together. As we all know, sometimes friends are family that we choose for ourselves. DeAnn very much misses her dearest friend.

I am touched that love stays in the stitches as DeAnn has something from Marilyn's hand and that Mary's loving acknowledgement and effort gave this invaluable gift.

Love in the stitches...