One very PINK quilt

This quilt was a long time in the making. Remember the quilt that I helped Jennifer finish up? The birdie quilt? I was also working on the same blocks, but it took much longer to finish - I suspect because I kept starting other projects!

I had always had this in mind for Grandma A. She's the one who got me thinking that I could learn to sew and that I could actually make quilts. She has made so many quilts - for her kid's weddings, for grandchildren births, grandchildren graduations, grandchildren weddings, and now great grandchildren. She was originally taught by my Great Grandma A, and I LOVE that there is a little family history there!

Grandma's favorite color is pink, so of course the quilt just HAD to be PINK!! Believe it or not, Curt came with me this time to JoAnn's as well and helped me pick out the pink polka dot sashing fabric. Love it!

I used the same quilting template as I did with the previous birdie quilt - I love those rope cables!

 And I love the process of hand quilting - it gets to be tedious towards the end, but it turns out so beautiful!

This was started in January 2011 and finished up in December 2012. Given to Grandma over the christmas holidays.

Love, love, LOVE the texture!

I wasn't quite finished when we headed out to Oregon, so some of the binding was stitched on during the car trip. Can you see the snow out the windshield? This is going down the gorge near Hood River.

Pretty blue binding!

All finished!

 Pretty light pink sheet for the back. Hard to see, but it has pink roses on it.

Flower quilting in the sashing!

 

If this hadn't of taken so long to make, I'd sure make myself one! Maybe someday!! Check another project off the list! :-)