In November a friend from church asked me if I could make a quilt for his dear wife's Christmas. There was no way I could get it done by Christmas, but despite LOTS of set backs (multiple deaths in the family, getting sick with the crud, Riley's sudden illness & loss, and just trying to live,breathe, work, and be a wife & mom...) I did get it done before Easter....and Jean loves it!
I kept the design pretty simple ~ 9-Patches alternating with a plain block, all large 15" blocks. Heres the progress from beginning to end....
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| 9-Patch blocks |
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| Blocks rows ready to be sewn together. (Ignore the Neanderthal feet peeking out.) |
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| Finished - but no borders yet... but its alreay BIG! |
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| I just had inches to go, but.... |
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only this much thread!
(I made it, with a few inches of thread to spare. Whew!) |
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| Corner blocks & a little bit of the border. |
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My faithful helper Riley was always underfoot whenever I sew.
He was with me for most of this project....I still miss him so much. |
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| Border stencil |
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Border whirls & swirls all quilted.
I think this was my favorite part of this quilt. |
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| Swirls where quilted onto all the plan blocks. |
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| Thats a lotta quilt to wrestle with! |
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| FINISHED April 1, 2012! |
2 comments:
What an amazing job well done! I think you are going to miss having it around until you are well into your next "creative" project.
Have a blessed Easter!
Hugs
Vicki
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