It only took 40 years to finish!

It's amazing to think that these 3 little pieces of linen

that started this whole quilt

were in a box with my embroidery floss for over 40 years.

My Oma Luise was here in California visiting us

and taught me to embroider on them.

To find out more about the story of this quilt

you can read about it here and here.

For now let me just say

that I am soooooo happy it is done

in time for my Mom to take it to Germany

with her next week!

The 3 embroideries represent

my cousins, Maika, Norma and Sonny :)

I hope my aunt feels all the love

that went into this

and the fact that my Oma (her mother)

actually stitched a part of this makes it so much more special!

You may be wondering why my German aunt

is called Tia Helene?????

well that's because my hunky Cuban hubby called her that

when we visited them 16 years ago in Germany

and she loved it and it stuck :)

Latin men.....they have a way about them!

Pretty much anything said in spanish

sounds romantic!!!