Grandmother's Flower Garden - a family project
 

Here is the quilt me and my 3 sisters made for our mother. My sisters are not quilters but they were happy to learn how to sew hexy flowers. And they LOVE it! We stitched together the top and I quilted it.
Since most of the time I stitch alone, in my house, sharing this with my sisters was a fantastic experience.

There are about 3400 ¾'' hexagons; the quilt measure about 65x75.

With large seam allowances under the seams (I used squares to make the hexagons)+ cotton batting, the quilt weights a lot. I would have loved to use other type of batting.

What batting do you use for such a quilt ?

beautiful..

So Beautiful- I'm working on a hexy quilt so I know all the work that goes into it! The quilting is perfect!

Wow - Just beautiful, great job and thank you for sharing, what a treasure for your mom
Have a Blessed day
Ellen

wow, amazing quilt and i love the quilting.

just beautiful and beautiful quilting!!!!

So much time and patience, beautifully done

very, very pretty

Absolutely stunning

wow fantastic

So beautiful!! What fun for you and your sisters! Are you planning another project together? Can't imagine her heart felt joy when she discovers it was made by her daughters. A gift to treasure!!

What a great thing for sisters to do together! It is absolutely beautiful and I'm sure it is well loved by your mother. I have never made a GFG so have no idea about batting. Great job!

I absolutely love you GFG. The colors are great, the quilting is beautiful and an overall great job. Your mom will love it. and it will be so warm.
Pat

OMG what a gorgeous work of love. I am sure your mother will love it, and be proud of the great effort you and your sisters have made in stitching it.

Beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!

wow wow wow :thumbup:

Breath-takingly gorgeous!

That looks beautiful!!

Great job! A heirloom for generations for sure.

Beautiful heirloom quilt with a wonderful story attached. Your mother will be so proud of her daughters!!!! This quilt will live thru many generations. Gorgeous quilting Geta!!! :)

I think your quilt is one of the most beautifully done grandmothers flower garden quilts I've ever seen -- your mom is going to LOVE it! How many hours spent on the long arm machine to do the quilting? It's fabulous!

Absolutely beautiful!

Thank you for the kind comments.

I quilted it in 3 days, on my industrial machine. The flower design is a lot of fun, but the pebbling takes a lot of time and it is so boring!

Love it. One day I'll make one. I love the way you quilted it

Your quilting just made the quilt pop! It is absolutely beautiful. What a happy bonding time you had with your sisters while doing this for your mother. A family affair. Congratulations! I know this will seem like blasphemy for me to say, but Grandmothers Flower Garden is not one of my favorite designs......HOWEVER the way you quilted yours just blows me away with its' beauty and so now I can say there is one Grandmothers Flower Garden I like.......YOURS!!!!!!!

love this quilt. fantastic. the quilting is done beautifully. Great time spent together with sisters.
your mom is going to love it.

Your quilt is gorgeous. If your Mother is like me the quilt won't be too heavy. I just love, love it.

That is just stunning.

Beautiful!! and it's great to share with your sisters!

That is beyond beautiful, both the piecework and the quilting!! I can't imagine all the time that went into it!

We finished it in 17 months!

My sisters and I love to quilt together, even though we only get together once or twice a year. Your mother's quilt is beautiful!

OMG!!! I think that is the prettiest quilt I have ever seen

Oh my... how beautiful! The amount of work you and your sisters put into this quilt is mind-boggling!

Oh my what a beautiful GFG! My favorite quilt pattern! I am working on my 3rd one at the present time. I have never really cared for the ones I have seen that were machine quilted, but yours has surly changed my mind. You have done such a beautiful job. You are so lucky to have your sisters to work with.

I have used Hobbs 80/20 batting with much success. Not sure that would change the weight however.

Beautiful Geta. Nicely done. :thumbup:

Amazing. A fantastic project.

That is a beautiful quilt.

Such a beautiful treasure for your mom! Your quilting is fabulous!!