My daughter LOVES dragonflys, so i took a class to learn to make the center block of this quilt...i had never quilted anything before, so when the class was done i put the block away, figuring now i need to learn to make a quilt...i turned that block into a HUGE quilt (12 foot x 14 foot) i didn't know how to make it stop growing. this is my very first completed quilt.
it was a wedding gift for my darling daughter and hung behind their table at the reception everyone was so 'blown-away' by it..
and i have been quilting like a crazy person every since.

Oh what a beauty, no wonder your daughter exhibited it at her wedding, it's stunning :D

That is fantastic, I too love dragonflies may I ask where you got the design/pattern , I have just started to have a go at stained glass and am finding patterns that are not too intricate hard to find.
Katherine

i will dig through boxes later and locate the patterns, the first one (the center block) i bought at the quilt shop where i took the class, the other ones i think i received from "KEEPSAKE QUILTING", i LOVE the stained glass technique, it is very forgiving and you get dramatic results.

WOW!!!!

I love it, Your daughter will treasure it forever!


Ninnie

Love it!! I've had a couple of stained glass patterns of dragonfly's w/fabric for over a year. Haven't had the push to try. They look so pretty I'm going to try it!!

Loved the story and the quilt is very stunning to say the least. Nice job.

Wow -- what an awesome quilt!!

I can see why everyone was blown away with it - Fantastic quilt!

Wow! :shock: That's just gorgeous!

It's beautiful!

OMG! Lovely quilt! I can definitely understand why it was displayed at the wedding! How proud you all must be! :lol:

Gorgeous! What a gigantic quilt.... did you have it machine quilted professionally?

Oh gosh...that is beautiful!!!

yes, it is not only my first bed size quilt, (ok, giant bed) but it is the one and only that i paid to have quilted...when i finished the top i went to the local quilt shop and said, ok what now...they handed me a business card, said you need to call John Liddicoat and he will take good care of you...I called, with only 3 weeks left before the wedding...John did take very good care of me, he did a beautiful job on this quilt, and then told me how to make my binding and get it bound...i was still finishing the binding the morning of the wedding...
it cost me soooo much to have it quilted that i decided if i was to ever make another quilt i better find a way to buy my own quilting machine, so i did, now i can make as many as i want without worrying about it :mrgreen:
My daughter is bringing me the quilt tonight so i can get it ready to enter in this year's quilt show that our guild puts on, so i will get some better pictures (and close-ups).
thanks for all the compliments!

Stunning!

That is truly beautiful... great job.

Made with a lot of love and thought

Your daughter is very lucky to have such a talented mother!!
You did a fabulous job!!!
Kendra

Magnificant!!

Kyia

Ckcowl:
Wow unbelievable first quilt!!! :thumbup: Looks like one of my stained glass projects. I can understand why your DD displayed it at her wedding it is a masterpiece!

Beautiful!!!!!

Beautiful Work!!! :D :D :D

Wow, absolutely beautiful! :)

Wow! that is gorgeous

very nice quilt

This is fabulous!

gorgeous, awesome, beautiful work!!

That is awesome, wish I could do that with butterflies.

Your first quilt? AMAZING!

Beautiful quilt. I am sure it will be treasured forever.