On Sunday morning, Helen Brassaw, an amazing quilting arrived at the quilting bee in the sky to meet all of our ancestors. Helen was charter member of the Beach Cities Quilters Guild, a past president and the most amazing woman I have ever known. She raised her grandchildren, was their GS leader and would quilt like mad. I really don't think there is any pattern out there that she has not made at least twice in her life. She participated in the monthly block party at guild every month, would win blocks ever month and would have those blocks put into a finished quilt by the next month's meeting. Helen always had a smile on her face even while dealing with chemo for breast cancer. When she went through chemo the first time, she lost feeling in her fingers and could not hand quilt for a while so she would come to the meetings working on her crocheting. She gave quilts to philanthropy, our silent auction, friends in need etc. She will be sorely missed.
Debbi in SO CA