Laura's Quilt

I finally finished the quilt I had made for my sister Laura. When I started working on it, I knew it was for her. It took me several years to finally get around to quilting it. I called it my Moby Dick quilt. It was always there taunting me to quilt it. 

I will make another quilt from this pattern because I love it so much. It was a quilt along with Crazy Mom Quilts blog. It was my very first quilt along. I am so glad I did it. I learned so very much making this quilt. It is far from perfect, but that's ok. 

 I had two orphan blocks leftover so I made her pillows to go along with her quilt. 

 A little about my sister. She has always been there for me no matter what. Even when I didn't realize it. When I was little I stepped on a nail and she carried me home. When I got married, she made my wedding cake. It was beautiful!! When I was pregnant, she made me PJ's. When my daughter was born, she made several afghans for her.  And so much more...She has been the best sister and Aunt to my daughter. I am so honored to give her this quilt.  She is the strongest, bravest woman I know. 

Paint Chip

I have gotten behind in posting my recent quilt finishes so here is one I finished in February. 

This quilt pattern is from Missouri Star Quilt Company. It's called Stack and Flip. As soon as I saw the video, I knew I had to use my Gradations jelly roll by Benartex. I fell in love with the fabric but didn't have any ideas of what quilt to make with it until the Missouri Star pattern came about.  I quilted it on the longarm at the shop I work at and used a flower pattern. I love how happy it is. 

The back is just as pretty as the front.  I was so excited to find the strips of graduating colors  in my scrap bin they just had to be  used in this quilt somehow!  It was a happy accident that they are horizontal. I intended them to vertical on the back, but I put it on the quilt machine frame wrong and viola'!  A happy accident!  

Lately I have involved my husband in the process of  my quilting. This one his contribution is the name. He thought it looked like a paint chip book. So it's name is Paint Chip.