"Hope's Rose Garden" - Quilt
 

I am going to try and get a picture of her quilt posted. I started on this quilt Feb. 15, 2012 and just finished it today 6-21-12. It is a king size. Hope is a dear friend, 92 years old and will be the Grand Marshall in our annual "West of the Pecos Rodeo Parade" next week. She is from a pioneer ranching family in our county here in Pecos, Tx.. Pecos is listed as Home of the World's First Rodeo. I am going to deliver her quilt tomorrow.
I fussy cut, then machine appliqued each rose on the front. The front is cream colored. The backing is made from two pima cotton sea foam green sheets, that she chose. The quilt is reversible and I do hate hand work, but it is necessary when doing a reversible quilt, there is roughly 269 feet of hand work on this quilt.
I do hope I can get a picture of this quilt posted. Wish me luck, Well it looks like both pictures are going to post. The first picture is the back of the quilt. Thanks for gazing at my some of my work.Gerbie

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Wow, she will love it!

That is spectacular! Do I see some yellow roses of TX in there? It's beautiful! Tell your friend to practice her best "Queen" wave... LOL!

All I can say is ......Beautiful!!

I second that it looks absolutely stunning you did a beautiful job!

It is beuatiful, nice work!

Awesome! Beautiful work. Thank you for sharing.

stunning very stunning. your friend will love it. thanks for sharing

wow very pretty. you did an awesome job.

It is superb! A definite WOW is a better way to state it.

wow she will love it beautiful

Stunning! Just gorgeous! You did a fabulous job. Thanks for sharing.

Well done!

That is a gorgeous quilt. What a treasure.

That is a beautiful quilt! You did a great job ~ I like the back very much as well!

Beautiful beautiful quilt!!! Enjoy the parade :)

Love the quilting and the quilt

Gerbie, your work is just awesome. The quilt is so beautiful,you do wonderful work. Thanks for sharing it with us.

Thanks everyone for the nice compliments. I am just glad it is finally finished. DH said he liked the back best, too many roses on the front. lol. But then his favorite color is green too. The reason each side looks like I used two different colors of the same fabric, is because of the way I quilted it and turned the blocks, that gives the blocks a different color effect. I 'm sorry I didn't get a close up of some of the blocks. The quilting is very simple straight line, I didn't want to take away from the pattern, this is my own design, simple as it is. I am not great at free motion quilting. I did all of the quilt on my Bernina 930. Wishing everyone a great weekend, and thanks for looking.

Yes you see some yellow roses of Tx. She specified that she would like to have some yellow roses in the quilt if I could add some. She is quite a lady and mentally sharp and physically pretty spry for her age. She is still driving alone I might add, to the grocery store, Wal Mart and post office. I love the idea of the queen wave, I will definitely tell her today, she will get a real charge out of that comment. Thanks for the compliment.

You did a wonderful job! I love all of the roses.

So delicate looking and so gorgeous

Beautiful, she will love it!!!

Amazing quilt!!!

Wow! Beautiful quilt! Your dear friend will appreciate all of your loving work that went into this! A one of a kind treasure! Thanks for sharing!

Loved the story and the quilt is gorgeous. What a nice tribute to her.

That is absolutly beautiful.

boy i like the back too. could be used either side. great quilt!!

A gorgeous quilt for a dear friend. She will absolutely love it!! Great job!

You do very lovely work!

beautiful quilt! great job!

I too very much agree she will love it !!
How sweet to make your dear friend the gorgeous quilt.

Absolutely beautiful quilt! I could only live long enough to make something of that beauty...I know your friend will be so happy. Very kind of you to do this for your friend. You just earned another star in your heavenly crown.

Gerbie, Hope's Rose Garden is amazing. Beautiful, stunning, wonderful all come to mind. What an amazing job you did on the hand work; deep down you know it was worth it!

Your quilt is beautiful. I am sure your friend will love it.

It's lovely! Nice job!

Very elegant! It's plain pattern screams elegant! Love that it's reversible and I love the backing. The roses set on the white background are absolutely beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

It is just beautiful!!

wow so nice. I do much hand work sure know how much it takes. Worth it though.