Ok--so older daughter decides she wants to make quilt for younger sister for her 25th birthday! But older daughter has never made a quilt--so she enlists Mom's help....but, of course, Mom is no expert! ;-)
so she also enlists the help of some expert quilter friends to sew about 1/2 the squares! (good move)
and older daughter does pick a fairly difficult pinwheel pattern--with alot of small triangles ! this was a big hush-hush surprise for her sister--so after several trips back and forth between Portland & Berkeley--first to shop for fabrics (what fun!), then to cut out pieces, then to sew...we finished the quilt! so here it is....
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
The Birthday Quilt
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2 comments:
Wow its beautiful! Making quilts allows for great bonding time too = )
Hey mom...thanks for not pointing out the sweat shop that i made you sew in for 3 days or the fact that I did it during grad school---I am soooo crazy!
I really like your blog keep at it. It is really fun to see what you are up to...
hugs
your eldest daughter
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