A quilt 2-1/2 years in the making…

It all started back in the fall of 2005. We went up to the Amish country in Pennsylvania and stopped in a quilt shop. They had the most amazing quilts and were all handmade. One double wedding ring quilt with purple fabrics caught my eye but it was expensive and since we were building our current house I felt guilty about spending the money. But I was now hooked on quilts.

When we got home I started figuring out how to make quilts (I knew how to sew clothes and home dec stuff, just not quilts!) and made Maeve her first doll quilt. And then I made a lap quilt. And then a twin quilt for Maeve’s new room in the new house. I still wanted to make a double wedding ring. So in the spring of 2006 I bought some templates and then promptly packed them away since we were about to move.

So now we’re in North Carolina and I’m exploring new fabric stores. I come across a whole ton of Moda/3 Sisters’ Wuthering Heights. Perfect. Beautiful. I buy tons and tons of it. And Sean hadn’t even seen it. And it was for our Master bedroom. Hope he likes it!

So I sew little bits here and there but quickly learn to hate curves. Late in my pregnancy with Liam in winter/spring 2007 I hit some crazy nesting stage and decide to finish the quilt top. And then Liam came along and the household went crazy.

Late summer 2007 I took it to a long-armer for quilting and got it back a couple months later. And then it sat there. Until this past Saturday night.

I trimmed the edges Saturday. Cut the binding and attached it Sunday night. Flipped it over and finished sewing it on today. Probably about 4-5 hours to get the binding on. And it’s been sitting there just waiting for binding since last fall. I still have pillows and curtains to sew plus nagging the husband to paint the room (but argh, I can not figure out what color to put on the walls!) plus buy some new sheets and lights for the night tables. But for now my long awaited quilt is done.

See my cool scallopy binding?

It’s king sized, 7 x 9 blocks.