I asked her what size and color she wanted. She said what ever I decided would be fine with her. After working on the pastel colors for the great grand babies I knew I wanted to do something bright and colorful. After looking at my fabric stash red, white, and blue seemed the likely selection.
Since I was enjoying making the court house steps (a.k.a Chinese Lantern)I decided to go ahead and make it that way.
Statistical info:
The finished size is 95 inches long and 83 1/2 inches wide. There are 41 pieces to each of the 42 blocks. The outer pieced border contains 334 cut pieces. So - with doing all the adding the total cut pieces is 2,056. I hand quilted it - using the "in the ditch" procedure. Each quilting line is one inch apart. Just guessing - I have 125 to 150 hours in the hand quilting part.




"Use the quilt, but just don't abuse it!"
6 comments:
I must say..."That quilt is Beautiful!!!" I love it! I love the color red. The hand quilting makes it so much more special! I'm sure she loves it. Great Job!
Kristie
Lovely quilt, Amelia! You're one talented lady!
That is one beautiful quilt. I bet the quilting you did on it is amazing in person!!
GREAT BALLS OF FIRE...this is one beautiful quilt and looks just about perfect. You did a marvelous job. WOW...awesome.
bj
What a wonderful friend you are! The quilt is sensational. Can be a dear friend, too?
What a beautiful quilt! Love the colors. :)
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