I'm making this for my Mother who has just entered a nursing home after falling and breaking several ribs. She is 85. The nursing home is very nice, but her room needs some brightening. I think I will make a narrow border (1 1/2" finished) of perhaps the green and then a 3 " wide border of the brown. I'm open to suggestions and advice. I am about 2/3 complete.

That is so cool looking. She will love it! I might do the border in a brighter color.

I love this pattern. I just got the book and can't wait to get started. Your colors will definitely brighten the room.

That is really pretty! I like the green/brown border idea.

I have never put together a quilt with this technique. Thank you so much for posting as a WIP. I have recently started noticing Lattice Quilts and I really like the "woven" look to them. How did you learn this technique of piecing, is it in a book, on the net, a stand alone pattern?

Edited to add: Before I just so rudely burst forth with all my technical questions.. :lol:

Your quilt is just lovely!

Interesting seeing it in progress. Maybe it's done with partial seams. Maybe.

I love the colors, and the pizzazz added by the striped fabric is wonderful.

Love it

Beautiful. Love the border idea! will definately brighten her room

Love it!
A word of caution, if it's going to be used as a quilt, take photos and put your mom's name on it in large letters. Residents with memory problems decide that something is theirs and will walk off with it. A better option may be a wall hanging.

It is done with partial seams and I got the pattern here on the QB just a few days ago. I agree the one fabric does read as stripes in the photo, but they are actually dragonflys.

I plan to embroider Mom's name, prominently, on the front and back of the quilt. She stays so cold, I really need to make this as a quilt instead of as a wallhanging.

Could you share the source of the pattern?? I'm intrigued.

Here is the link. http://sheripapedesigns.com/

What a great job you are doing on the quilt!! Love the color choices.

Very cool design! Are the strips tubes?

No, it is all individual pieces and it is constructed with partial seams.

This is the second lattice quilt I have seen on the board. They are so fascinating to me. Could you tell me where I can find the pattern.

Here is the link. http://sheripapedesigns.com/

Make sure you put her name on it. I had a lot of nice things dissapear when my Mom was in a nursing home. Its beautiful

Do you have enough of the dragonfly fabric to make a thin border of the green -wider border of print then another small border or just binding in one of the pinks - I think it would brighten it up.

I am soo happy to see you using fabric you bought from me especially for such a special quilt. I am glad someone is getting to use the fabric instead of it sitting in my "stash".

I will have to try the latice quilt sometime - its just great and you are doing a great job - cant wait until its done!!! cheryl :thumbup: :D

Beautiful quilt. I hope your mother heals quickly.

Probably, I just need to be careful to not let it get too large.

Thanks for the kind words.

She will love it...What a wonderful gift...

Green sounds nice for the narrow one. Next to the green color, I like the purple. JMO

Oh my! That is greatness for a nursing home. Be sure to take the scraps and make a little window valance. If you need to use the curtains that are there, stand on a chair and hand baste the valance to them at the top. I did that for my grandmother's room and it turned out beautifully and she gets so many compliments!

My Mom's quilt never wandered the 7 years she was in the home, mind you we visited every day and I brought it home to launder. However they did manage to switch her glasses with another resident one time, now that was the staffs fault not a residents.