This pattern was on the cover of a Fons and Porter magazine in the summer of 2005. I don't usually like bright colors, but saw this quilt and knew that I just had to make it. I bought all the fabrics and, when my then 17-year-old daughter saw the pattern, she claimed it right away. I jokingly said, "Yeah, right! You MIGHT have it by the time you turn 21!"

I took it to my guild's retreat in March 2006 and got started on it. However, after getting home I realized that I had sewn some of the blocks incorrectly (using the wrong colors, as the cutting directions weren't very clear), so I set it aside. Luckily, I went to a quilt show that year that had more of the fabrics I had chosen (it's a line by Timeless Treasures), and I picked up quite a few 1/2-yard pieces.

Earlier this year my daughter reminded me that her 21st birthday was coming up and that she wanted her quilt, so I got it out, tore the mis-sewn blocks apart, cut more fabric and finished making all the blocks. I then took it with me on my guild's retreat this past April and managed to get half the top sewn together. When I got home, I finished putting it together, and managed to send it to have it quilted, get the binding on and sew a sleeve to the back in time to put it in our county fair, where it won first place at the end of July. My daughter is thrilled with it, but it currently resides on my bed since the dogs like to spend too much time on hers, and she doesn't want to take any chances. Hope y'all like it :)

Beautiful!

Oh my!!! That is breathtaking.. you should be Very proud of the job you did.. I know she will treasure it forever!

It's wonderful! Very nice!

Gorgeous! You did a fantastic job. I am very taken with this design and can easily see why you felt drawn to it when you saw it in the magazine. Kudos to you for sticking to it and finishing it.

Trish, it is truly beautiful. Nice job!

oh my!! that is absolutely stunning

No wonder she loves that quilt! It's beautiful.

Gorgeous, just gorgeous!!

Congratulations! Beautiful quilt, well worth the time you took to finish it.

Wow! Very pretty! Love the brights! :)

Oh my!!!!!! This is just so beautiful. Congratulations. A well deserved blue ribbon!!!!!!!!!!Applause---Applause!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!

Gorgeous, rich colors! I'm sure she loves it--how does she plan to keep the dogs off it???

Wow, that is pretty.

It's on my bed ;)

Wow-what a beauty! And I bet a great feeling of accomplishment and pride!

WOW What an acomplishment! :)

I can see why she wanted it :!: Its gorgeous :thumbup:

WOW!!! That is an awesome quilt! It deserved the blue ribbon!! I love the pattern and the wonderful colors in it!! :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :D

Well deserving of the award. I love the colors. Good job.

Wow, that is awesome!

Beautiful quilt!

WOW! Beautiful!

I love it!!! Beautiful! Congratulations on your ribbon!!!!

Lovely quilt! I love it. It's so beautiful!

I remember this quilt from the magazine. You did a fabulous job with this! Love it.

Beautiful. I love the scrappy snail trail blocks!

Oh wow! That is absolutely beautiful. Well deserved 1st indeed.

WoW! Beautiful!

great job on the quilt!! I just finished a musical memory quilt for my daughters 40th birthday I'm , the newby from IndianaPat P>

Lovely!

I love the colors you picked! That must have taken a lot of time to do. And a blue ribbon too! You go girl!

I can see how you wanted to make it as soon as you saw it on the cover of the magazine. What a gorgeous quilt - and I love that you're using it as your avatar!

Will you adopt me and make a quilt for me?? Just gorgeous!!

Wow!!!! I can see why your DD loves it so much. I love it too. Just beautiful. Congratulations on the blue ribbon.

That is beautiful, but tell me if your daughter ever moves and takes the quilt, does she get to take the blue ribbon with her? LOL

Nope, the ribbon is mine ;)

Wow, Trish, that is one gorgeous quilt! :thumbup:

Here's the label. I think she's a reincarnate from the 60's; she LOVES peace signs and anything related to them, so I went with that theme.

The photo is a bit crooked, but I promise the label isn't! :lol:

Well worth the time and effort to fix and finally complete this quilt. Congrats on the blue ribbon and I am sure your daughter is well pleased with it.