Goodbyes

Yesterday I had to say several goodbyes...

to snowy Montana, to two completed quilts, and to my oldest and his girlfriend.

I worked on this LOVE quilt forever it seems. The quilting was done in a grid fashion which, I keep forgetting, is not as easy as it appears...at least not to me. I can't tell you how many breaks I took from quilting this sucker...however, it is finally finished!!!!! I brought it all quilted to Montana and finished up the binding and the label right before Christmas.

To recap, the pattern is from Kaffe's Quilts in the Sun book. I used all Amy Butler LOVE fabrics for the centers and various solids around. The backing is Chocolate Lollipop and the binding is Amy Butler aqua dots.

I think she likes it ... I am hoping the LOVE quilt will be well loved ;-)

Solid Quilt #1 has been retitled Artist Palette and is now complete. I have to tell you, I had a hard time parting with this one. I designed it myself using seventy different solid blocks sashed in Kona White.

The backing is two different Kona grays, and I went with a teal binding.

I'm telling you, hand stitching binding by the fire is the bomb! I'm going to have to coordinate finishing all my quilts this way now ;-)

I am soooo glad I did not try and quilt this myself. I sent it off to Eagle Mountain Quilting the day before I left for Montana. Wendy finished it in a jiff and had it back to me in Montana the day before Christmas! She did a fabulous job on the spirals I requested!