Monday, July 15, 2013

A Labor of Love

A while back David asked me to make a quilt for his mom's birthday, anything I thought she'd like was fine with him, except everything I showed him he didn't like, he adores his mom, I do too, so he wanted something really special. I know she likes my bright quilts with classic blocks and he kept bringing up how much she loves hummingbirds, so I finally sat down and started drawing. I started with curving stems, added leaves and flowers, then came the birds.



Then I added my favorite log cabin blocks and TA DA, the perfect quilt for a perfect MIL.

It turned out bigger than he asked for, but I wanted a snuggle quilt, something she could really wrap up in. 

I'm always surprised at how much I like doing applique and how much you can do with it. I really need to do more. I also liked working on a larger quilt instead of the usual baby quilts that I slam out. It took a lot more time, and boy did my body hurt at the end of the day, but it's well worth it. 
I quilted vines and leaves in the center white and a kind of flowing feather in the log cabin whites (my real feathers still aren't happening, I can hear you Debbie). 
David's thrilled, I love the quilt and we'll know next month if mom's happy :)

Later gators,
Dana

8 comments:

  1. Absolutely brilliant!!!!
    If you can hear me that far away, you know I am giggling and grinning that you have developed your "own version" of those feathery things. I am enlarging the photos to examine them more because I think you did a wonderful job with this design. So are you setting up a pdf version to share for the applique? Do love the detail work you added to it all. I know his Mom will love it....be sure and have a box of tissues there when you give it to her :) for those joyful tears!

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  2. Just gorgeous, Dana. You are so talented!

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  3. Oh my gosh, this is fabulous...can I be his mom???

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  4. Dana! again, you never cease to amaze me with your quilts!!! you are seriously the best quilt maker I know! you are amazing! this is going to be the best gift ever for your mother in law...she is going to explode with joy when she sees it!

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  5. Oh this is such a beautiful quilt. What an amazing design, brilliant use of fabrics and colors. Absolutely love it and I'm sure your MIL will too. Great job!

    SewCalGal
    www.sewcalgal.blogspot.com

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