A Quilt On Noah's Ark 🚢

January was a roller coaster ride for our family, and it started out on New Year's Day at the Ark Encounter, a life-size Noah's Ark!

This awesome quilt was a birthday gift from my small group quilt friends and combines some of my favorite things: Tula Pink fabrics, Grunge Dots and plus blocks--they know me well! Here is the quilt on Noah's Ark:


We had to settle for a photo over the railing, as the bedrooms were roped off. They had woven coverlets on the beds, not quilts, but it's just a representation of what might've been, so who knows, they might've had quilts!

Here's a photo out in the gardens. The quilt pattern is The Benefit, by Abbey Lane Quilts. My friends gave me the blocks and I assembled and quilted it. I love this quilt!!!

This all happened on our way to Georgia, to bring our DD2 to her World Race launch. We also stopped in Berea, Kentucky, a community of traditional and modern artisans. DD2 is wearing her On The Go handbag I made for her trip, a "Patterns by Annie".

It's small with a lot of great zippers and compartments for traveling. I quilted the map fabric with Soft and Stable. The flap is centered on Japan, the first country she was traveling to.

Here's her group at launch in Georgia. They spent three weeks serving at J's Cafe in Ishinomaki, Japan, the city where the 2011 Japan earthquake hit hardest. You can read about it on her blog, here, and sign up for updates. They are in Taiwan now.

We had to rush our road trip home as we received word that my dad needed extra help. We made it home in time to spend the last 5 days of his life with him.

Here are my dad and I at the World War II memorial in Washington D.C. in 2012. I was an escort for him and his 3 buddies, all WWII veterans, as part of the Honor Flight. 

Dad was 93 years old, a wonderful father who could make anything himself. He was a fisherman, Boy Scout leader, woodcarver, gardener of vegetables and flowers and a birdwatcher to his last day. He was a milkman and entered Heaven's gates on national Milk Day. 

DD2, who spent the last 4 years caring for my Dad, wrote a wonderful tribute of her grandfather here.

Thanks for reading through my blog with me today. Next up is my guild's annual quilt show.

Grace and peace!!! ~Nancy
  
Linking up with Freemotion by the River,  Wednesday Wait Loss, Midweek Makers, Let's Bee Social, Needle & Thread Thursday, TGIFF, Friday Foto Fun, Confessions of a Fabric Addict, Busy Hands Quilts.