Friday, November 23, 2012

Grandma's quilt

Grandma's quilt is done!

I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.  The colors aren't colors that I probably would have chosen, but that is one of the fun things of making quilts for other people...you do things that are different than what you normally do.

I'm happy that most of the points came together correctly.  There are a few points that are off but not too many.  I clipped most of them with the binding, but decided that could be a design feature.
Based on Helix, I originally saw it first here.

I quilted my first pantograph on it.  I need to get better at doing edges, but the middle went really well.  My favorite heart is below...it ended up placed just perfectly.

This is currently hanging up in the rehab room with Grandma, but she's super excited to get it home and to its real location.

Linking up with LAFF, Finish It Up Friday, Whoop-whoop Friday, Plum and June, and Canoe Ridge Creations, Freemotion by the River, and Quilt Story.

11 comments:

  1. Beautiful quilt and the quilting is lovely :)

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  2. How very nice for your Grandma to have this for her rehab room. :D Love the hearts.

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  3. It turned out beautiful. I can't wait to finally try out pantos on my machine. I ordered a pretty simple pattern and it should be in any time!

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  4. This is a lovely quilt that is sure to keep your grandmother in good spirits. Great job!

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  5. I'd like to be your grandma. =) That's a great quilt, and she'll love it!

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  6. Wonderful gentle loving quilt...

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  7. What a fabulous pattern! It looks great. Soft colors aren't usually my thing either, but so wonderful that you chose something the recipient would like.

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  8. That heart quilting is wonderful!

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