This quilt is the reason I had to take a break from the site for a little while. The top had been done for quite awhile and I kept telling my son I'd get to it, but the task seemed so daunting that I kept putting it off. I finally PROMISED him that I would start on it right after Christmas, and you know you can't break a promise to one of your kids :P

He's 6'1" and you can't see him in the pic, so you can tell how huge it is. I think it finished at 94"x94". He wanted me to make him a quilt using all civil war repros, but I cheated and used a Moda for the background, so wound up naming this quilt "Civil Disobedience" LOL

Why is it I can NEVER get my pics in the right order? LOL

all I can say is WOW
wonderful job I bet your son loves it

That is so awesome!

Do you quilt that or send it out?

I did the quilting. That's the part that took me so long that I had to take a break from here to get it all done. I'm the slowest quilter on the planet. LOL

oh wow lin, it's fabuloso!!!!! what kind of machine do you have? You did a wonderful job.

Lin, that is just gorgeous. Your quilting is breathtaking.

WOW!! You did all that? IMPRESSIVE! If it were me, I'd still be doing it 30 years from now!

Lin that is outstanding, I bet your son appreciates just how much love you hae poured into this quilt, I admire your determination and hopefully one day I might just manage one myself as I love quilting, but its gonna take a long time before I get to your standard - if EVER!! :?

Thank you all SO much. Hearing kind remarks makes it all the effort worthwhile. :)

Kathy, I have Juki TL-98 Q machine. It's been such a wonderful machine. It has an 8½"x5 3/4" throat area, so a lot will fit into that space. I did this one on the diagonal and managed to get a little over half in there with no trouble.