Slowly, but surely, quilting along

I love quilting. So it seems silly that I would constantly put off doing the projects I get so excited about at first. But I do it all the time! About a year ago, I decided I was not allowed not to buy any more fabric until I finished all the projects on my list. It's a long list. This week I finished up two projects from the list. Hooray! My mom picked the pattern and fabric for the brightly colored one a couple of years ago. The original quilt is supposed to resemble the aurora borealis, but for my mom who loves the ocean it is more like a coral reef. It was really fun to work with such bright colors since I tend to choose more subtle shades.

The double wedding ring quilt, believe it or not, was started when I was 17 YEARS OLD. That was almost over 10 years ago! My Young Women's President was a very talented quilter and she offered to let any of us in her class who wanted to come pick out fabric from her extra and she would help us make a quilt. She encouraged us to sew it by hand and so I did. Every last stitch! I chose this vintage fabric and took so long making it that when I ran out of fabric and went looking for more a few years ago so I could make the quilt bigger, it was impossible to find colors that matched exactly. So it ended up being more like a wall hanging size. Maybe someday I will make a bigger one. But not until my list is all done!