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Friday, February 26, 2016

A Quilt for Mom

As patient as my mother has been, waiting for a quilt to call her own, I hopped a flight and delivered it in person!
Blue and Yellow Quilt, 72" x 96"
Lots of blue batiks, White Kona, and Mom's favorite yellow by Me & My Sister's Designs
Batting: Quilter's Dream Wool
I scored the backing fabric for a song on eBay: "Tess" by Max & Nobie for Moda
Quilted with a large, Dahlia-type pattern, with Aurifil #2021,
This was a pretty quick, all-over pattern to quilt and it gave a comfy texture!
This shot may show the quilting a bit better:
 
This is my second finish from those I listed as my First Quarter GOALS for FAL 2016!

FAL 2016

A finish worth celebrating!!

Lisa in Port Hope is hosting TGIFF this week!
 
 
Fabric Frenzy Friday at Fort Worth fabric Studio!
Fort Worth Fabric Studio

24 comments:

  1. So pretty and love seeing it wrapped around your mom!

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  2. Pretty quilt, pretty Mom! The pattern is so simple, but so elegant. And the quilting is perfect.

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  3. Fabulous finish! I love how simple the blocks are, and then how great it looks putting the two together. This would be a great leader-ender and a great scrappy quilt, too. I'm going to dig out my 9-patch swap blocks and see what I can do to make one myself. Thanks for the inspiration! Your quilting is perfect for this, too. How exciting to be able to fly over and hand it to her in person! ~dezertskyquilting

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  4. Such happy colours for a super mom! I love that dahlia quilting, do you travel to the next flower or restart your thread?

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  5. Blue and yellow is a great combination. Great finish!

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  6. Your mom looks so happy snuggled up! I bet she also appreciated the visit - win all around.

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  7. Bet mum was delighted with the gorgeous quilt AND the visit! Xxx

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  8. This is such a lovely quilt. Your Mom looks very happy. I love how the lacy yellow print pairs ups with all the different blue batiks. This is a beautiful finish.

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  9. I am sure you made your mom very happy, it's a beautiful quilt.

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  10. Such a lovely quilt for your mom! It looks like she really appreciates it! I have always like yellow and blue together. Love the quilting design you used as well! It looks like a pretty nice size too.

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  11. Love the quilting pattern, I need to remember it! And I love the picture of your Mom and her furry friend wrapped up in it. :)

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  12. Your mom looks very happy to have one of your beautiful quilts, even her pup loves it. I'm sure you hand delivering it was the highlight though. One more off that original list for the first quarter of the year.

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  13. Gorgeous quilt and gorgeous photo! Good memories.

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  14. Awwwww. Your mom looks so wonderful underneath her brand new quilt. So beautiful!

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  15. Very pretty and I'm sure she loves it.

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  16. Such a beautiful finish, Heidi, for a beautiful lady. <3 You are a dear daughter.

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  17. Such a beautiful finish, Heidi, for a beautiful lady. <3 You are a dear daughter.

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  18. What a lovely finish... very cool quilting design and such happy fabrics!

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  19. What a lovely finish... very cool quilting design and such happy fabrics!

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  20. Your quilt is stunning and of course very special as it is for your mother. She looks like she is enjoying it already.

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  21. It is so pretty, and your mom looks lovely all cuddled up in it!

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  22. WHat a beautiful finish Heidi! I bet your Mom loves it as much as her little friend on her lap.
    With the quilt design you used, did you just start in the center with the circle flower type center then petal the heck out of it? Or did you have several dahlia stylized flowers spread through out the whole quilt?
    Answer in a psot if you want since I follow you and thanks for sharing.

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    1. Thank you! They are large Dahlia's, probably 24" or so. I started with the circle and just kept going til it seemed big, then started another. Many of the outer ones are half-flowers that were started from the edges to fill in spaces.

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  23. This quilt is gorgeous! The colors make it striking! Thank you for sharing it with the FAL community, on behalf of the FAL global hosts.

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