A wedding Gift

The beginning of October saw my family attending the wedding of Bindi & Anthony.

I have been in discussions with the bride & groom in the months leading up to the wedding to find out if they wanted a quilt & if so, what should it look like.

After many text messages & phone calls the bride finally decided & gave me 2 weeks to get it made. AAARRRGGGHHH!!!

 This was the inspiration quilt from http://waterpenny.net/how-to-make-a-wedding-signature-quilt/

After much deliberation they decided the quilt could be teal, grey, light coffee brown.

I got to work, cutting, piecing & appliqueing

 A finished monogram

 Quilt top

 Pieced backing

 Now onto the frame.

 An all over stipple

 It was at this point, that I had a panic attack thinking I had loaded it onto the machine incorrectly as I had forgotten the quilt had a matching backing.   Momentary panic attack.  It is very pretty when the front & back match so well.

 Ahh relief. The last quilting stitch.

 The completed quilt

 The label  & bow ready for delivery.

(sorry about upside down)

 And now for the gift opening.  I love it when the bloke notices the small details -  the fabric right beside the label says "PS I love you".

 I think they like it.

Now some quilt stats. 

This quilt was made ENTIRELY from my fabric/ wadding stash.

84" square for a queen bed

It took approx 15m fabric.

It took somewhere between 20-25 hours to sew.

I work well under pressure, so the 2 weeks before the wedding worked in my favour.