yes, it is lovely. i was counting 10 inches for the size. Big quilt!! lovely.

Gorgeous! Your Dad must be really happy with all your efforts.

No wonder he loves it. Your quilting is awesome! Is that churn dash block on the back? Your Dad must be so proud of you.

the quilt is beautiful!! great quilting and feather work too.

I love it! The background is really a nice change from the usual white. It is nice he has a new quilt for his new condo, even if it took a while to make.

Gorgeous quilt and quilting. You did a wonderful job. Sure able to see why he loves it.

Beautiful quilt and a wonderful story. Glad you got it finished and presented to him.

Absolutely beautiful!

I measured the top of the bed, divided that by 8. I needed 8 blocks wide and 8 blocks tall to complete the square
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This is the same quilt on the design wall. You can see how its made up of HST. The little white dots are pieces of paper to keep them in the right place! There are two of each color set, making it easy to put two large squares together and marking the diagonal, sew 1/4 on each side method. There are 4 dark blues and 4 med blues. The background is scrappy. I believe I squared up each block to make sure they were a true square. It was a pain to quilt, but it was square and flat.

The churn dash blocks are in the corners You can see them in the first picture at the bottom. I didn't have enough of the outer dark border, so I made the top a solid color. I intended it to be under the pillows, but until I make matching pillow cases, he will pull it over the top of them! (he is a stubborn as me!)