Finished! Interlocking Hearts

After about a year in the making, I've finished the Interlocking Heart quilt!

It is backed in flannel to make it snuggly.

After making quilts for several members of my family, I decided I wanted to make one for my mom.  However, as she passed away many years ago, I decided to donate to a fundraiser at the local Hospice.  My mom was very involved there, so it seemed appropriate.  I dropped it off today and the ladies did a wonderful job of oohing and aahing over it.

We finally had some sun, so I got a few more pictures.

The hearts are a design of my own.  The colors have some meaning too...the white ones are for a loved person. (In my case my mom, but you can pick your favorite person.)  The colored hearts stand for all the other people in their lives. 

This is probably my favorite part.  I like how the blue binding ended up next to the blue heart.

I quilted it with a heart pantograph.  It was a good thing that the quilt wasn't any longer because I was running out of room under the sewing machine.

And I really like the binding too.  I think it nicely sets off the hearts and adds some color.

Linking up with Fabric Tuesday, Freemotion by the River, Sew Cute Tuesday, LAFF, Whoop-whoop Friday, and Finish it Up Friday.

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.