March 14th is designated as "Ann's Day" each year in honor and remembrance of this very special lady.  In honor of Ann in 2007, blocks were made and collected to make a quilt to be donated in her name.  These blocks had a "heart theme" and were paper-pieced, pieced, appliquéd, or any other technique that was chosen. 

     Ann was known to all of us on the Quilting Passion Forum as "BUMBLENANN".  She joined the forum from its early days, when we were just a few weeks old.  She was loving, compassionate, kind, quick to volunteer, and so very courageous throughout her illness and hard-fought battle with cancer.  Ann was from upstate South Carolina and last logged in on the forum on 11/25/2005.  Her favorite quote was, "Faith Is The Hope Of All Things Yet To Come!".  Her faith, as well as her love of birdhouses and flowers, were well-known to us.  I fondly remember her sharing photographs of herself sitting in her garden!

     To show her how much we cared, we made her a comfort quilt.  It was the least we could do for such a wonderful person!

 

     Ann loved to participate in the swaps on the forum!  Here are a few of her finished projects that she happily shared with us.

          
Ann's Birdhouse Swap Tablerunner                      Ann's Birdhouse Swap Quilt

Ann's Batiks Square in a Square Swap

Ann's 50 State Rail Fence Swap

     Ann also kept busy with many projects.  You can take a stroll down her memory lane by visiting her Web Shots pages.

BLOCKS COLLECTED FOR ANN'S QUILT TO BE DONATED IN HER NAME:

 
Terry, Oklahoma                                         Enchie, Ontario

Wilma, Michigan

 
Linda, Minnesota                                            Wilma, North Carolina

 
Arlene, New York                                          Valerie, Oregon

 
Sheryl, Missouri                                       Dorothy, Kansas

 
Doris, Oregon                                             Cathy, Minnesota

 
Judy, Illinois                                                  Heather, Wisconsin

 
Nina, Iowa                                                     Lynn, California

 
Kathy, North Carolina                                              Kathy, North Carolina

 
Sheila, Washington DC                                   Lynn, North Carolina

Marianne, IL

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