Heaven's Above it's Done!

Heaven's Above...It Must Be Love!

I sewed the last stitches in the binding and label last night. I really love the way it turned out and I hope the recipients will too. I know this sounds silly but I always feel a little nervous/unsure/insecure about making and giving a quilt to someone. I know this quilt is gorgeous and I like it so much I think I will make one for myself but I still have little self-doubts. I really need to get over it!!! This quilt really is a family affair - many of the fabrics used had belonged to my late sister-in-law Wanda and my mother-in-law and it was my husband that chose the pattern from a couple that I had shown him. "Heaven's Above...It Must Be Love" is a wedding gift for my husband's cousin's daughter Julie and her husband Rick - try saying that 5 times!

This quilt finished at approx. 84" x 100" and I quilted it using a meandering design. The only deviation that I made from the pattern was I added an extra row of blocks to the length of the quilt. I just felt it needed to be a little longer. I had a bit of trouble getting started with the quilting. It took me about 2 hours to get everything set up correctly because my machine was not stitching properly. I had to rip out my work twice and adjust my machine settings, change the needle, change the bobbin, rethread the machine, rinse and repeat until I finally got it right. Once I got it set up correctly it really was smooth sailing with the quilting. I think I had so much trouble because I had laughed at my sister Cheryl (the new quilter) when she called me and told me how much trouble she was having trying to learn to free-motion quilt - serves me right!