my mother in law sent me these fabrics for my birthday in 2009, and i had it done by the end of the month, and quilted that year before christmas so it could go on my bed!! and i used the bamboo batting, its expensive, but i love it!!, even with the warm n natural, it was so heavy, queen size weights your toes down, i needed another blanket! not with bamboo!!

Your MIL has great taste in fabrics and your quilt is beautiful.

Wow , that is beautiful. Nice MIL. My ex-MIL just complains about all the crap I have in my house and mess in the yard. She lives in AZ , so I don't see her very often . And she doesn't have much of a garden. And doesn't do any crafts.

It's lovely. I'd love to see the whole quilt, if you can post it. Cool colors!

when i find the pic, ill post it!! thanks!

My husband complains I have sewing and craft stuff everywhere. I just tell him not to let the door hit him on the way out. He has a shed full, basement full and 4 guitars, 1 violin and 2 amps in the living room.

Love your quilt colors.

nice quilt, nice MIL!! Mine used to give me "heirlooms" from her house, they always seemed to be cracked or broken in some way...

It is beautiful!

Nice! My MIL never gave me much of anything. So now I try to be the best MIL to my 2 great DDILs!!

Nice indeed

What a nice MIL! My MIL didn't give me much either; however, she gave me the best DH so I can't complain.

Beautiful, I made two quilts using that same butterfly fabric.

Wish my DMIL was still around. She gave us a lovely hand pieced and hand quilted GFG for a wedding gift. It survived daily use and many washings for almost 3O years. We shared a love of all kinds of crafts. Unfortunately I did not start quilting till after she had passed on.

How lovely! She must be a quilter as well to pick out those great fabrics together! I too, would love to see the whole quilt!

Great gift from MIL. My MIL used to quilt so she has a few we will get handed down to us eventually. In the mean time, I can look at her house. She has several of my hand quilts too. Nice fabrics and nice gift.

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Too bad you didn't have a MIL like I was lucky enough to get. This sweet old Portuguese lady I don't think ever sewed on a button, and was rather confused about some of my hobbies, but she lovingly bragged on what I did anyway, and even slipped my 2 daughters (her step DDs) money when I wasn't looking.
RIP, Eugenia...miss you always. And she also gave me a marvelous husband.

Love the colors - pretty quilt.

love the fabrics, thanks for sharing with us

I too would like to see the whole quilt! I love butterflys! My hubby doesn't really complain about all my stuff taking over our small Double Wide home. We had a 24' x 24' shed built to hold all my stuff but hubby's stuff took over and I can't reach any of MY stuff that is still out there! I am patitioning for a shed of my own with a key that only I have! (maybe then I can reclaim my living room, den, and even the spare bedroom so I don't need two days notice when we get the once a year overnight company!)LOL

I'm glad my MIL doesn't buy me fabric- it would be one scary looking quilt LOL
Yours is beautiful!!!!!!!!!

loved my mil she was the best and i miss her daily as well as my mom both were quilters

Nice job!

Your MIL has a great eye for colors...very pretty

Very nice.

Beautifulo

I do not know whether I am lucky or unlucky, but even being married twice, I have never had a mother in law. Both had passed away before I married each time.

Bright, colorful quilt that will have special meaning because the fabric came from someone that loves you.

Love the fabric choices, very pretty! :lol:

That is exactly what I was thinking! Nice quilt too!!!

This does bring out the memories of our own MIL's, doesn't it? I don't think my MIL would approve of me spending so much money or time on quilting since you can buy them fairly cheap. But we never did see things the same. Kind of sad. She isn't around anymore to complain about so I try not to just remember the good things. There were plenty of them. Thanks for the pix of that beautiful quilt and I must add you are one blessed daughter-in-law.

I had the MIL from Hell. After hubby died I vowed only to marry an orphan. I did and it has worked out really well.

Good for you. I had an awful step-mother, so now as a step-mother I put more thought into my actions! Some of life's tough lessons.

Mu husband has two brothers and a sister who has 3 girls. Guess who got the best out of the house!!!! Let's just say I wasn.t one of the favorites because I didn't go to college, but that,s a whole nother story.Sorry for spouting off!!!

Mu husband has two brothers and a sister who has 3 girls. Guess who got the best out of the house!!!! Let's just say I wasn.t one of the favorites because I didn't go to college, but that,s a whole nother story.Sorry for spouting off!!!

Lucky you! Beautiful fabrics. beautiful quilt, nice MIL!!

Lovely quilt, mighty nice MIL too. Really interested in your comments on bamboo batting. Now I must try it.

I had a great MIL and try to be so to my two wonderful DIL's.

hello, you said you were interested in bamboo batting,
the only one i have found is by fairfield, and its like $55.00
for a generous queen size at joanns, i wait til jan and get it 1/2 off
love the feel of the bamboo, its a lot softer to touch than plain old cotton, shrinks about the same, maybe cuz its 1/2 cotton.
have also embraced bamboo in other things as well, gardening gloves, socks, who knows what they'll come up with next..
good luck,
katz

Just wanted to thank you for your reply. I also got the best thing IMHO that my MIL had, (her son). BrendaK

Love the fabric. Your MIL did great and so did you.
Your MIL is like mine was. We took quilting classes together. After she passed away my FIL gave me all her quilting stuff plus the quilts she made. Then he went out and bought me a new machine because he saw on a quilt show where they had computerized machines. He thought it would be better.Now they are both together in Heaven and I'm sure they are looking down on all the quilts I'm making with her fabric and the machine he got me.

I love the colors and especially love the flutterbys. And just for the record, I loved my dear MIL very much, we were very close friends. She has gone home now but I imagine her sitting there waiting for me with a pumpkin pie, two forks and a can of whipped cream.