Wow!! how special!! She will love it!

Well as long as she's not getting married at 12 you have plenty of time. Gorgeous!!

Holy cow................that is beautiful! What stunning quilting. No wonder you need a break!

Wow! That is a beauty. A treasure for sure!m

I have never had to move the fabric once it is glued. I make the sandwich on the floor, roll up the qulit and transfer it to a table so that the backing is up. I then unroll about a 3 foot wide section and pull the backing off the batting. I drizzle glue on the backing in leaving about 8 inches between glue trails. I then drizzle glue perpendicular to the original lines. Any globs I spread out with my finger. From there, I pull the backing back up and spread the fabric taut by rubbingit from the center to the edges. Once that is done, I use a hot iron on the dry setting (steam will not set the glue) to setthe glue. I then move to the next section. Once the backing is on, I re-roll the quilt and repeat gluing down the front. I've never had a pucker, bunching, or moving fabric problem since using glue. If I run into a section where I didn't spread out the glue, a drop of water on the fabric softens the glue. This is my 4th glue basted quilt that I've hand quilted and have had nothing but excellent results. It is a little scary at first, but so worth it because the fabric doesn't move which causes puckers.

If she gets married or not, she is not getting it until she is older and can appreciate it and take care of it! 😀 For her possible future husband's sanity, I hope she uses a bed cover less girly and white! She wanted the quilt to be heavily quilted with the thickest batting possible for hand quilting so that it would be warm to curl up in. I used thick Dream Cotton batting.

All handquilted. Gorgeous and outstanding work.

Amazing! When did you begin this quilt? What a beautiful gift you are making.

WOW that is beautiful and to be hand quilted. You are so talented.

I'm about to start hand quilting my Jane Stickle quilt. Thanks for the inspiration! Lovely work.

BRAVO! Hand quilting seems to be a dying art. I love to hand quilt, and only do it for family quilts. Unfortunatley, I have a UFO in the closet that was started 25 years ago that is hand pieced and 1/3 hand quilted. I'm sure my stitching isn't as fine as it once was, but I'm inspired to finish it after seeing your marvelous work.

What a beautiful quilt! Is she disappointed at having to wait?

What beautiful hand quilting you do. It used to take me forever as well. On average, it took me 3 to 4 years to hand quilt a queen. While I love hand quilting both doing and seeing it, I have way too many quilts inside of me that want to get out so now I longarm. I love all the motifs you chose for this, especially that border motif. It is beautiful.

This is an heirloom quality quilt. Beautiful work Mama!!

Wow! Beautifully done. A real treasure for her. She is blessed with a wonderful mother who is dedicated to sharing her talents and time and diligence!

Amazingly beautiful! And the back is as pretty as the front!

I think that sleeping under a hand quilted quilt feels a lot different than a machine quilted quilt. I love the fastness of machine quilting but I love the feel of a hand quilted one.
Congrats, I sometimes hand quilt too, last one I did was with metallic thread (don't every try that) and it was a twin size for my son. Took me 6 months to finish and I eventually took it off his bed and it is in storage. It was made with Hoffman metallic sky fabric.
It was a big undertaking but it is so different.

This quilt, & the thought behind it, is BEAUTIFUL. There will be generations down the line that will see this & hear the story. That is so great! I also think your directions for glue basting are beautiful. SEW! NOW I will! try it on my very next quilt! Thank you.

that is beautiful!!! And i hand quilt, too - i get it!!!

Oh, my, you do spoil that child! Lucky girl, to have a mother willing to do so much for her!

The quilt is gorgeous. And I can absolutely see why you're waiting until she's grown and mature before you give it to her.

Gorgeous quilt.

What a fabulous quilt!

beautiful!
it will be a treasure for her for a very long time. mariah

Beautiful!!! I love to hand quilt using a floor frame!!! your work of art will br handed for for generations!

Wowee - absolutely breathtaking!

What a fabulous quilt-you are obviously a very skilled quilter!

That is insanely good ! I cannot believe you hand quilted all of that! Spectacular!

Your daughter has good taste - and is one lucky chickie to have you as her mama.

It's just wonderful - how ambitious of you to hand quilt it!

Thank you all for your kind words. :)

That is going to be a family heirloom for sure! Good work.

Ranchwife,
Are you adding more quilting to the outer border? I love what you've gotten done so far. Its beautiful!
Sharon in Texas

Gorgeous!!

No. That is all. I didn't want to make the border too busy.

What a treasure! I'm sure that when she does get it, she'll be thrilled... Great design and quilting! A hand quilter is my hero