A few days ago, I posted a picture of a quilt top that my 13 year old granddaughter had gotten sewn together in 2 days. Some very long hours sitting at the sewing machine, but we had a time frame to work with. The pattern is Mr Roosevelt's Necktie and I found it on Quilter's Cache, and modified it somewhat. The finished size is 70x90.

After she got it put together, then came my job, and with her help, we got it sandwiched and I started quilting. I spent 2 days getting the quilting done. I just did the echo stitching [I think that is what it is called] and that meant that with each unit, the quilt had to be turned 360 degrees on the machine. Needless to say, my arms got very tired.

Once I finished that on Thursday, I went to my fabric to start cutting the binding strips, and guess what, I didn't have enough fabric. PANIC!!!!!

But my DH was going to town, 30 miles away, on Friday morning, so I sent a couple of swatches of material with him, and called the gal at the fabric store. Once he got there, she called me back, and said that they didn't have the exact purple and no floral at all, but she did find a mottled purple which she thought would work, and DH said that it would be perfect. She was hesitant with his endorsement, but I told her that he is getting better with his judgements, and I trusted him, and so I sewed till midnight getting the binding on.

Beautiful.

What a great quilt and super story... thanks for sharing it..

Very pretty, your GD is very talented...as is her GM!

Hubbie did a good job. I don't know any guy friends that would do that for me.

This sure was a family effort that will be treasured by your granddaughter

Sounds like this was a real family project. Nice work by all. Bet your granddaughter is proud.

What a special quilt, everybody had a hand in it!! Kudos!

This is absoluetely gorgeous!!!!!!! You all did a beautiful job! Can you send it to me now?? ;-) :thumbup: Just LOOOOVE IT!!

Wow that is fabulous and a great family effort - good story to pass on along with a fabulous quilt.

Beautiful job!!! Hope all of you enjoy it. Be sure to put a label on it and pass the story on to others as the quilt is passed on.

Very nice-and what a sweet gd and dh!

Awesome! Love purple and green!

very pretty!! A wonderful thing to do with your GD( and hubby!)

Wonderful Snowball!!

It is a beautiful quilt, and the story will make it even more treasured.

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It finished up beautifully. You both should be very proud. Something for her to enjoy for many years and all the good memories that go with it.

wow...you should be proud...a granddaughter to follow in your steps with the quilting skills...how cool is that! Great quilt too!

Great job to both of you

It's beautiful. Your gd should be proud of herself. She did a wonderful job.

Very nice work!

What a great collaborative effort! That's a family quilt for sure!

What a great quilt. Love the colours

Love the backing fabric! Your GD looks like she was in heaven!

It's wonderful. And your dh did great! Again your granddaughter and you both did a wonderful job on her quilt.

Kat

Congrats to you and your granddaughter! It really looks great and she will certainly cherish it as her "first" quilt - the one she made with grandma. I have one of those and believe me, no matter what happens to it, I'm hanging onto it.

I'm sure she must feel the same. Best wishes to the two of you.

Your GD did a wonderful job. and i love the way you quilted it. you both should be proud

A Beautiful quilt, you all did a stunning job and the binding
color that your DH picked out mached up perfectly. :-D

future quilter all the way
very pretty!!!!!

Great job :D Isn't it amazing how the quilting made the whole thing pop?

What a talented girl!

A wonderful family effort with great results for all.

Just beautiful, keep up the great work, hope your granddaughter get to love quilting as much as grandma. Tell her she did really wonderful.
Have a Blessed day
Ellen

Love it!

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She did a wonderful job, and she is darling. You both make a great team!

Beautiful quilt, both of you gals did a great job of making a nice quilt.

Very nice.....love purple and green comb.

I am so proud of your granddaughter. She did a great job. Happy cuddling!!

I think that it looks great!! You both did a nice job!!