I also vote for #2. It's going to be beautiful!!

I agree with everyone else-my vote is #2!! Its going to be a beautiful quilt.

Stunning work Barb! The colors are perfect and the workmanship is beautiful! And I think you are a rose among us :) :)

I'm gonna agree with most ....I like no 2 as well....good luck making your choice

You know, i love you guys all so much, you are the best most encouraging friends. Thank you all so much :) Anyways, this is what my quilt is all about. I decided just over a year ago, on my 50th birthday, that i am doing better since i am on the memantine, and there are some things that i decided i wanted to do in the next couple years that were important to me, before my hd gets worse again. Three weeks ago my symptoms got bit worse again, until i figured out what i was doing dif that was maybe causing it, and got rid of the culprit, and am myself again. But, for a couple weeks i could hardly get out of bed, and was just staring in space and didnt want to do anything, thats part of the hd, just not being too aware and involved with whats going on around you. Anyways, i fixed what was causing it, and realized, wow, if it's this easy for my symptoms to get worse again, it made me realize that i have to do the things i wanted to do while i'm feeling good. Soo, this quilt was one of those things, and that is why i suddenly decided to try and do it in a hurry. I have my annual neuro appt tomorrow, and we're getting up early to take the train into vancouver, and i'm really looking forward to this, cus i think im doing really good compared to four years ago, so im really excited and looking forward to a nice day. Anyways, one of my goals was to make a gift for the hd clinic, a wall hanging quilt for the patient waiting room, that is respresentive of hd, gives hope, and gives thanks to those that take care of us with hd. So i wanted to try and get it done for my appt tomorrow, but today i decided that if i push myself today to finish it, it wont come out as nice as i want it to, and i will be too stressed out for my doctors visit, so what i've decided to do instead is just slow down on it a little bit, and give it to them in january. Also, my other part of my goal that i want to do is this, and this i will do in january too. I want to make a queensize version of this wallhanging too. The centre of the quilt will be just like the wallhanging, and then i will add borders and stuff to make it queensize, and i want this to go to the hd clinic too, but not as a gift, but as a raffle quilt, to raise money for research, and i want to do one raffle quilt each year, for each year that i am still doing well enough with hd to do this. So i have a really great idea here, and it's also to let hd patients see, visually, that they are not alone, and i want it to give others a feeling of hope. The other thing i would maybe like to do, but im not sure yet, is to make some lap quilts for the hd clinics, that are especially for hd patients, that will be given to them for free. Because i know, there is nothing i like more than cuddling in a quilt. I would like the lap quilts to come inside a tote bag too, and both the lap quilts, and the tote bags, will have my rose without a stem on the front, so they can use these bags for shopping, and when people see the tote bag, and say thats nice, they can, if they want, explain what the symbol means, and that would bring hd awareness too.

Do you all know what is really really cool??? Henry told me months ago that he was going to make me a quilt, just cus he wanted to. Sooo, when he started making his Hope Among the Darkness quilt, do any of you have any idea how much i started hoping that was my quilt? Nobody knows how much depression ive had over the years off and on, and then when i first got hd i got it real bad then too, but im good now, real good. But i know what darkness is like, and when i saw him lay out those quilt squares, and i saw those crosses with the stripes, i wanted it sooo bad, to cuddle on a dark night, and those beautiful beautiful flowers in among all that black darkness. So i started pestering Henry lol, had to get the secret out of him, i let him know how much i wanted that lol. And guess what, it was the quilt he was making for me...tears. And guess what, he sent it off in the mail to me this morning. I am soooo looking forward to getting it, i am soooo excited :)

Oh Barb...that is such a great idea!! You go girl!
I'm so glad you are feeling MUCH better, I was starting to get worried about you! I just love your ideas for making the wallhanging and quilts. If you want help in the tote department, let me know, I'll be glad to help.

You just keep doing what you are doing so you have nothing but good days!!

BIG HUGS to you!!

Awe, thank you so much Terri. Yes, for a couple weeks i just wasnt hardly on the forum or anything, couple weeks ago. Turned out, i take daily aspirin for my mini strokes ive had, and a month ago, bought some coated aspirin, and thats when i couldnt get out of bed, and turns out coated aspirin has aluminum in it, and that always makes my hd worse, so stopped taking it just over a week ago, and back out of bed again. Oh i soooo hope you're feeling a bit better, Friday will be here soon, (((hugs)))

I'm glad you figured it out.
I'm telling you...these pain meds I got are GREAT!!!
Took a bit for it to kick in, but now I am almost pain free, which is such a nice thing, BUT...Im a bit woozy. So, now I think I am going to grab my pillow, cat and blankie and get comfy on the recliner. I'm sure I'll be out like a light for a bit. After that, I will get up and straighten out the living room and have to swap loads of laundry. Gotta have clean sheets on the bed for hubby tomorrow. :)

Oh cool, i am sooo glad to hear that, and maybe the anti biotic is kicking in too maybe, yes, pillow, cat and blankie are the best! I'm hyper tonight, and shuldnt be lol, it's 1am and have to get up at 6am to get the train lol, so im gonna go settle down too. Best way through pain is to sleep your way through it, so you sleep lots and lots :)

goosebumps...... boy did you hit home with that one. Just when i wanna crawl in a hole and say to heck with everything. i come on here, get surround by love and i feel myself "opening up" again. just like that rose....

Bev,,,how could someone NOT love you!
Heck....the love just abounds here!!

thank you honey. :cry: tears of joy.... there must've been a reason i
"accidently" found this forum

I'm kind of lost but I'm glad your feeling better barb but can you or someone else tell me what hd is? I know depression I go through it from time to time but I have found crocheting, now sewing has really helped.
Good luck at the doctors today and your ideas are wonderful.

Its ok hun I was lost too til I saw this under her posts
I am in the early stages of Huntington's Disease...to learn more about HD, go to www.hdac.org

I dinfinitely like picture 2 better. It is beautiful!

I love your wall hanging. I think you have a wonderful idea. You are giving to others, and it will help you too. This is what life is about. May God bless you.

I absolutely love them, your quilt is going to be gorgeous.

oh Barb, I jsut read a little about hd - I am so so sorry. I am GLAD that you are having a good day and pray that your visit to the doctor reveals what you hope it will. Your quilt is beautiful, and even more so because of the message of hope behind it, and the love of your quilting friends here... :-) :-)

Love the colors, it's beautiful. For what it's worth I like #2

Thanks Bev for letting me know. I'll go look it up.

I think it's wonderful what you are doing. What a great idea to lift other hd patients spirits and raise money and awareness about the disease. Take care of yourself.!

Barb,
I like #2 better and it is beautiful. I really like the colors you chose.
Don't stop now when you're on a roll.

Barb, I think you have got to have the biggest heart and most generous spirit of anyone I have ever known. What a wonderful inspiration you are to everyone. You give hope and encouragement by your every action. I think the idea for your wallhanging and quilt is a kind and beautiful gesture. We are all blessed because you are on this earth.

Beautiful !! Go Go Go you Go girl.

Is it too late to vote? I love #2!!! Blooming out for all the world to see!

Awe, thank you so much everyone, you are all so sweet! Renee, sorry i didn't say more, thanks for filling her in Bev :) Hd is Huntington's Disease, i began to get symptoms about 5 years ago, some memory problems and stuff. It's like a mix between alzheimers and parkinsons, thanks for asking :)

I had my neuro appt this week everyone, they couldnt believe how well i am doing. My symptoms are so much better than five years ago, and they said it is absolutely remarkable how well i am doing, and they think it's cus of the memantine i take, it stops brain cells from dying. So i thought i was doing real good, and then to go in there and have them say i was doing good too was just such a bonus, and we had such a nice day going into vancouver on the train for the appointment...my hubby has come along way and is much more understanding about me and hd than he was to start with, and so this is really really good :)

I think you guys are really convincing me it will be #2 lol...will have to get back to sewing now :)

Keep up the good work. This will absolutely be gorgeous. May God be with you. Keep in touch.

Awe, thank you Lura :)

Thanks to all your wonderful suggestions, i've finally made my decision. I finished the centre square with the floral last night, and i'm going to go with the diamond shape everyone liked, and the flowers pointed out, and, i'm not going to do the outside corners white, i've decided to add a red flower block to each of the corners too :) So tonight i am going to start making the four corner squares, and maybe tomorrow i will be able to get the border on it, so excited that i'm going to finish it, and i'm doing the border in the floral too :) :) :)

Barb, you are such a lovely person, to think of others when you are going through so much yourself is commendable, I think your ideas are wonderful and I am sure the clinic will be touched by your efforts to support other sufferers of this illness :D

Awe, thank you Izz, but i really do have selfish motives too, i want to do something important to be remembered, and i want others with hd to see that there is hope, cus look what i can do with hd, and yes, i want to bring hope and comfort to others, i guess when we do something for others, we get something out of it too huh...thank you Izy :) :) :)

Oh look everyone, with all your advice and kind help, this is what i have now, and i have my blocks all done now and ready to be sewed...oh i think it looks so nice, and tomorrow night i will work on a border for it :) :) :)

Gorgeous!

Awe, thanks Celeste. Think im going to think on it overnight, i might add a touch more burgandy into the centre, havent decided yet :) Will see what tomorrow brings lol

God Bless you......

Very very nice. That is already pretty. I can't wait to see more.

It is beautiful Barb!!!! Cant wait to see the borders on!!!

Beautiful work Barb!

Barb--that is absolutely STUNNING. You have really outdone yourself!

Barb, that is absolutely gorgeous and what an inspiration to give the wall hanging to the clinic. It will represent "hope" to others who are dealing with HD. I am just so glad YOU are doing so well. We all have to just keep stitching.........