The Mother in Law quilt that took 12 years
 

It really started out as a demo for stack and whack. I bought 6 vest panels at $1 each for a cheap demo. But I got hooked and it slowly turned into a 104 x immense quilt.

What took so long was I only worked at it twice a year at my Mother In Law's house. It has it's own suitcase. I fussy cut most of the patches using Pandoras Box stencils by Shar Jorgensen (sp.?) which allowed me to have the six sided patch with triangles be the same size as the motif made with six diamonds.

Then after the top was completed it was so huge I didn't want to try to quilt it with my 7 1/4" opening on my machine. But the long arm made "short" work of it. Actually quilting on it took18 hours That is a lot on a longarm. I quilt totally freehand. Now after 12 years I have to find the matching fabric for the binding. Or black would work.

l really like it... nice fabric

WOW! I can't believe those vests turned into such a gorgeous quilt.

Oh, my goodness! It's gorgeous!!!

Totally creative idea using the vest fabric. Love the result. A great vest makeover!

peace

As for the binding, even a dark blue or deep rust would work great IMHO. Black might be to harsh and draw the eye away from the beauty of the center. IMHO

HA HA after looking again black would work. My screen showed me a dark blue color but it is really black. Nix the blue . Sorry

That is amazing. ... both the piecing and the quilting. I hope you enter it in a major quilt show.

WOW, really cool. Looks like you had fun quilting too. Looks great :)

WOW, really cool. Looks like you had fun quilting too. Looks great :)

I love how it turned out!! I can not believe that you only used 6 vests!!

Great things are worth the wait! That is one amazing quilt!

You've inspired me to try this .... you make it look so easy! Very creative, amazing, and beautiful quilt!

You have creative vision to see that pretty quilt in those vests! Thanks so much for sharing your lovely quilt and showing
me what I would have missed!

Wow, I am so impressed that you thought to use vests for a stack n whack and it is superb.

Very pretty!!!!! Great use of the vest fabric.

You made that from vests How beautiful!!!!!

A beautiful quilt!

Oh sorry, when I decided to make it bigger I went out and got six more. At $1 a panel on clearance, I did well on cost.

Oh my - I am glad to hear that it truly did take a few more vest pieces. I started to think that suitcase was doing a version of the loaves and fishes! What a fabulous result, surely worth the wait.

That is spectacular - you definitely made great use of those vests!

Wow. The quilt is beautiful. I did enjoy seeing the vests. I love the block with the scarecrow heads. Too cute.

Absolutely love the fabric in this one. Great quilt.

I LOVE it!! :) :) :) Using the vests was a GREAT idea!

That is just beautiful and from vests. Great quilting also.

Breathtakingly astounding! The quilt and your quilting, just beautiful! So unique! Your mother-in-law is a very patient woman, and it has really paid off! Such a gift and labor of love.

Absolutely beautiful, sure bet you are glad to finally get it done. Wonderful work on it.

That's a real beauty. I like it much better as a quilt than as a vest. Kudos to you for keeping with it all those years.

What a great way to use extra vest panels! It turned out lovely & just in time for Fall. :)

Wow, it's so pretty. I love the fall theme. How creative of you to use vests. Great job.

Kat

As always, your work is unique and special and so wonderful. Your creativity is such an inspiration. Love, love, love it!

that is so pretty!

What about a nice chocolate brown binding, not so stark as the black. The quilt is gorgeous, you did a great job. Thank you for showing.

really awesome

That is a true work of art. I hope you enter and win a lot of ribbons!

Wonderful!! To think vest material too! Great show and tell on your detail work! Thanks so much for the back story too. Encouraging that large projects have an end!

Perfect Fall quilt, well worth the wait I bet she loves it!! I would.

As always you did a beautiful job. I am amazed also that it only took 6 of those vests. I have not made a quilt like this so of course I will bookmark so I can come back later for inspiration.

My thoughts exactly. Your quilt is spectacular.

Holy cow - stunning!

Your stack and whack is one of the nicest I've seen. I love it. Fall is my favorite time of year.