Bobbielinks

Well, here is the finished quilt that I made for my granddaughter's bridel shower. Several months ago I had a customer's quilt here made with the same center panel, when my granddaughter saw it and made the remark "what a beautiful" quilt I wondered if I could find the panel and make her one. When Kay (who is the owner of the "beautiful" quilt came and picked her quilt up I was telling her how much my granddaughter admired the quilt. Kay said she would be on the look out for the panel as she travels to a lot more quilt shops than I do. The next time Kay came by she surprised me with the panel!! A few days shopping at Keepsake Quilting put together enough 2 1/2 inch strips to get me started. My granddaughter and her husband picked out brown towels and grey sheets for their master bath/bedroom making the quilt fit right in with their colors. I did not follow a pattern and this quilt is not near as lovely as Kay's, but granddaughter is happy. I cut the 2 1/2 inch strips into 7 inch lengths, placed a gold border around the panel, then a black border to bring it to the size needed to make my strips work. I used Hobbs Black 80/20 batting and custom quilted it by outlining the animals and trees, stitching grass, etc. I just did a serpentine stitch over the pieced seams

kayluvs2quilt

That is just so cool! Thanks for the eye candy this morning.

Tartan

​Very cool!

DebraK

gorgeous! I really like seeing the background quilts too.

Mariposa

Terrific quilt! Neat that your quilting really shows on the back!

Judith1005

It's beautiful! Very striking. Thank you for sharing your use of a panel. I can't always see the vision using a panel. I love what you did!

sandyfullmer

Nice job on the quilt!

willferg

That's really great!

QuiltnNan

very nicely done... so fortunate to find the panel

Doggramma

That is really nice! What a unique way to incorporate the panel