Oh my goodness that is AMAZING! :shock: :shock: :shock:

Your Mom is going to be so proud of you!

What a special gift! She will treasure it forever.

WOW! that is gorgeous. You should be proud..... Your mom is gonna love it :P

That is soooooooooo pretty. Your quilting looks great too. Your mom will be so tickled with the gift.

Elizabeth, I feel like I have witnessed a birth. Such sentiment!! I know she will treasure it. You are one special gal. :lol:

Gee I think my daughter was born faster than that quilt! LOL!

:D ......Wowww...that is so beautiful....congartulation....

That is so beautiful!!

Your mom will be thrillled!!

Yes, Elizabeth, as mentioned in our PM -- I DO SEE the individual blocks. Thanks for pointing them out to me. Fantastic job.

Yes the "blocks" that sew together to make up the pattern is part of what makes the pattern so easy to follow. :)

Well it's all done! Seriously except for some thread picking she's all done. A quilt that pretty must be a girl right?

I went with a prairie point border. Oh my but it was much more work intensive than a normal border. Here are the photos of the binding.

After my personal push of "I'm going to get this done today!" I'm feeling a bit worn out and tired!

I wanted to put this in the nice pretty Vera Bradley box I saved, but it wont fit not even close!

Wow. Just when I didn't think it could be any more beautiful.

Thanks Mary it warms my heart to read that. :D

The Prairie Points are A-OK;A #1 :thumbup: I know what a sense of accomplishment you must be feeling right now. How many PPs did you use? Just curious. It REALLY looks nice.

That is one Beautiful quilt, and yes a quilt that beautiful most be a Girl.
What a wonderful job you did on the PP border.
Bill'sBonBon

By the end of the night last night I was calling her "Big Red" go figure, right? Why do these things never come to us until it's over and done and we can't put it in the label? :lol:

Gail I made over 200 points. I think I have maybe 25 to 30 left. I measured the folded points - they measured about 3" so I assumed that with a bit of an over lap and seam allowance it would equal 2" of border per point. The quilt is 100" by 101" or at least that's what I recall. So that meant 50 points a side for 200+/- points.

wow - absolutely gorgeous!!!

We ended up staying here for Christmas, so Big Red was opened right here in my little house. Oh well. My mom wanted to know when I'd had time to make another quilt. My DH laughed at that later and said "everytime you were working on it you told her you were working on something different".

All the little linties where washed off, Big Red's first bath (washing machine). I'm telling you ladies, one cup of vinegar and two dye magnet sheets and something like this stays looking like this.

I still haven't seen it on her bed, but perhaps soon, mom told me she spread it out, just so she could see it. ;) She even said that now she has two so she can rotate them. Isn't that nice?

We all knew she woud LOVE it!!!

You should be real proud of that quilt, struggles & all. It's beautiful!
Linda

Absolutely beautiful, Elizabeth. I'm sure she'll love it.

Very very very nice... :D

That is one GORGEOUS quilt girl...... Great job

Its such a beauty, how could she not love that???

That is absolutely gorgeous! I printed out the pattern and had it pulled to make and thought it was too much for me right now. This is an inspiration, you did fantastic!!!

Barb

Elizabeth,
I have no idea how I missed your pictures earlier but I did. Your quilt is awesome! WOW!
Thanks for posting the pattern. I have it downloaded. Now, all I need is time!! My daughter has been wanting a star quilt and this one looks like a lot of fun!
Continue on with the great quilt making. We want more! :wink:

OMG, I, too had missed it. Thanks !!

Elizabeth, I hope you're doing better. Take care of yourself. GBY

This turned out beautiful. I love 2 colored quilts.
Muriel

Oh Elizabeth, your mom looks like she absolutely loves it! You put sooooo much work into that quilt, we are all so proud of you, as i'm sure your mom is too, good for you!!! :) :) :)

Elizabeth....you have created an unforgetable beauty, it's fantastic!!!! :D :D :D

Really nice job Elizabeth!

Elizabeth-thanks for posting a pic of your mom with the quilt! I just knew she would love it. It is so gorgeous--the prairie points are awesome too!!

Thanks also for posting the link to the pattern. I downloaded and saved it! It is a great quilt!!

Thanks everyone. It is a clear and easy to follow pattern so anyone that wants to make one, don't hesitate! :) Doubling it it be big like mine, well just be careful. :D