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Teal Memories

My jaw was dropping and my eyeballs were popping as I walked the aisles of the Denver National Quilt Festival last weekend. Then suddenly my sight rested upon a a black curtain of teal.


I immediately recognized the predominant fabric as the 2010 Hoffman Challenge, but that's not where my heart went.

Teal is the ribbon color for ovarian cancer, and my dear friend Shonna completed her brave battle against that mean-spirited and unforgiving disease in January. I wished I had thought to create a Hoffman Challenge entry to honor her last year when I first saw the teal-themed challenge fabric. My entry could have traveled the US in her memory, and upon its return, I could have donated it to an appropriate charity in her name.

I've made many breast cancer quilts, and I make tied quilts for the Red Cross through my church every time there is a disaster, such as the tornado that just ravaged Tuscaloosa.

So I can't feel too bad for not catching the teal spirit in 2010. I'm not particularly inspired by this year's challenge fabric. Children of families who lost everything are in need of quilts they can cherish forever, and my heart is pounding in that direction.

There are so many charitable quilting causes, I will never, ever run out of ways to serve those in need. Just check out the amazing list of organizations and drives here.

Nevertheless, these teal challenge entries touched something very deep inside me. Particularly the dolls, because Shonna made the most beautiful porcelain dolls. I think she would have loved these.

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With love,

Dolls by Shonna Antonio
May 15, 1945 - January 20, 2011

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