reversible quilt for my SIL
 

I was surprised when my SIL asked me if I could make her a quilt... " you like to quilt, would you make me one"
She has been my sister in law for almost 50 years (I only have one brother) and she is not into craft at all. When I told her how much it costs to make a quilt and that I would have to buy fabrics for it and it sells between 10 and 19$ a meter, she said "there's no price too high for a quilt" I suggested that I could go in a fabric store with her so she could indicate to me what color, fabrics, she likes... She spontaneously denied this offer as her knowledge and skills with thread and needles are close to none. She relied on me to buy what I needed

Using the computer I browse through some quilts pictures and she pointed out some that she likes... she could not answer me when I asked her what she liked in them... the colors or the pattern..

she could finally decide that she liked dusty pink and light green as colors and picked up some from leftover fabrics I already had, as colors she liked.

this is the first quilt I make with someone in mind and I realized I don't like to do "commissioned" quilt ... will it be as I think I want it to be, will they like it, will it be the right size etc.... anyway...

I had it sandwiched and partly machine quilted on my DSM when she came for a visit and she liked it she said: Yes, this is it"

the surprise I had for her was the back side that I decided I would do what I wanted. To make sure she would not sell it or give it away as I know her for having done that in the past, I sewd some fabric pictures as a kind of family tree
their wedding pictures, my brother and her with their 3 teen aged daughters, and 3 pictures of each of their daughters and their own family

she was in shock when she saw the back of the quilt and she said.... the girls will have a fight figuring out which one of them will inherited it... we just laughed

she likes it, I am happy to have surprised her with something she did not expect and I am delivering it to her in Montréal this coming week end..
Yessssss!

decision made: this is the first and (hopefully) the last one I make at somebody's request... haha I intend to make quilts and if someone likes them, they can have them but my choice, my inspiration and having fun making them... (wink**)[ATTACH=CONFIG]539910[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]539911[/ATTACH]

I forgot to mention this is inspired by Delectable mountains by Eleanor Burns

and yes there are mistakes that I noticed afterward and it's fine with me I can live with them and my next one will be better, I hope!

love the quilt and the story related to it Thank you

That is so neat and I really like the back. What a great way to personalize.

nice story! I like both side equally, that is a beautiful quilt

it is so difficult to quilt for others when they don't know what they want. My first client changed her mind so many time in midstream, I could have screamed. Still have the paper work with fabric samples. Nicely done.

That is a beautiful quilt, love the color choice.

Beautiful quilt and good that she likes it.
I make quilts to my liking. If someone wants particular colors I don't make them a quilt. I am trying to use up my huge stash of fabrics. I try to use only guy colors for guy quilts. If I have colors they like I will make the pattern I choose.
Non-quilters have no idea how much fabric cost or how hard a pattern may be.

Beautiful! So glad it all worked out as making things for someone else is always tricky. Very clever idea you had about the reverse side!

beautifully done, and i have the same philosophy for making quilts for others... it has to be fun