darth vader completed
 

Fellow quilter Lyndaj posted a pic of a Darth Vader quilt around Xmas time that she was making for a family member. She gladly let me know where i could purchase the kit. My son Troy will be getting married next month to a wonderful woman who has two sons. The oldest boy,Austin,will be having a birthday on may 19th and is a avid Darth Vader fan. However, he is 6'7" tall and the original quilt size would barely come to his knees. I had bought Star Wars The Force Awakens fabric to make the backing so bought a couple extra yards and added another border 8" wide all around the quilt for finished size of 57 x 73". I did outline quilting of Darth Vader's head with a diamond grid in background. the words "may the Force" is quilted into top red border and "be with you" on the bottom one. Sith light sabers are quilted into the four patches in corners. rest of quilt is done in a meandering star pattern. His mom has seen a pic of finished quilt and tells me that Austin is going to flip when he sees it--just the reaction we like our lucky recipients to have.[ATTACH=CONFIG]549564[/ATTACH]

That is great and I am sure you are right, he will flip!

Very good job. Sure to make him overjoyed.

That is the best!

Wow! You did a great job.

That is fantastic - the Darth Vader fan will love it!

Sew Kool. BrendaK

That is really cool!!!! Did you happen to finish it on "May the Fourth"? LOL

Great for Star Wars fans. Good job.

Great and fun quilt. That you care enough to establish relationship in this manner is wonderful. I am sure he will be overjoyed to have a quilt made by you. Star Wars fans are ardent!

Nicely done. What happen to kids who liked the good guys like Superman or Batman??

very nice job!!!

wonderful quilt. i was so surprised to see all of the star wars fabrics at Joanns/

He will love it!

He will definitely flip. I remember when Star Wars, the original movie, came out when my kids were small. After seeing Star Wars, we adopted 2 kittens, who were named: Princess Leia and Chewbacca, Princess and Chewy for short. Great quilt.

Wonderful, my GS Lee would love this.

Your son can give him the quilt and say: "I AM YOUR FATHER!" It looks great.

grandson loved the quilt. says it is the best birthday present ever. got a couple great hugs in exchange. i tried teasing him by telling him if he didnt like it, i would take it back and make him something else. he immediately exclaimed 'no way". My son told me later that Austin was jealous when his younger brother Carter got a fleece star wars theme blanket for his birthday in january. said he wished he had one . my son told him he could ask me to make him one as i love doing things like that for my grandkids but Austin didnt feel comfortable asking me as he wont officially be my grandson til wedding takes place on June 9th. I am glad i could please both the boys on their birthays'

Loved reading that story! What lucky boys they are to get you for a grandmother.

Wow very nice.

Wow indeed! Terrific quilt.

My family is tall also. You did a great job enlarging the length of the quilt. This is a fun quilt and my Star War loving family would love it. Thank you for sharing. Now, it will be so much fun for you to see his reaction!

Really love your Darth Vader quilt! Lucky, lucky recipient! Kudos!

WOW!!! That is amazing. Great Job!

It looks fun!

He will love it. What a great quilt for him...

oh wow, that is very very nice, lucky boy! Would love to see the smile on that kid's face!

great job...........

So wonderful to establish relationships with the boys!! You will be one great Grandmother come June 9th!!! My guess is that you are already!!!