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Well, I did it, got this UFO done for October's listing. I guess I started it back in 2016 as I really can't remember but I do remember that once I started putting the rows together, it was going to be a bear to finish so I put it aside until February when I found it again and decided it needed to be finished and off my quilt rack for UFOs. I used a bunch of my batik pre-cut 5" as they weren't cut correctly so figured this was the perfect pattern to use them up for the centers. I was going for a Fall look using a blender gold fabric for the border and one of the sashings, then scraps of various gold fabrics around the window. I was using the MQS version of the cathedral windows and had made a small runner to try it out. Making small is much easier than making a large quilt that I measured today came out at 92 x 102 and it's heavy. I added a batting, W&N plus backing in a gold, used a dark gold cotton thread and cream thread for the cream sashings. I had issues with my gold thread as it was old and probably dried out so I threw it into the freezer which seemed to help but not enough when it came to those centers with numerous seams to stitch over. But I made it and it's done and will be gifted to a couple at my congregation this Sunday. I call this quilt, "the quilt from hell" due to all the issues I had from the get go but it's done and off my list of UFOs and it's m y #13 quilt finished for the year. Just 2 more large quilts to do this year and both UFOs from 2015 and 2016.

I custom quilted this bad boy also and happy with how it came out. Hope the couple enjoys it as it's a very heavy quilt as I had to double clip it to hang to take the photos this morning.