This is the simple block I made over the summer to send to Tokyo for the 2015 NHK Partnership Quilt project.
The theme this year is kawaii ("sweet") and because Kaela and Joe had just gotten married, I had PINK and WEDDING CAKE in my mind!
I used scraps from the first "little girl" quilt I made Kaela long ago; and white silk leftover from my own wedding dress.
Volunteers in Japan will create bed quilts from all the many donated blocks, and those quilts will be displayed and raffled off at the Tokyo International Great Quilt Festival in January 2015. Thanks to "Queenie" at Queenie's Needlework for the push!
And speaking of the newlyweds,
Kaela's first ever patchwork, such a sweet dollie quilt she made as a young child:
