Friday, July 17, 2009

by the hair of my chinny,chin chin

It's stippled, binding is on, it's washed and ready to go! Her birthday is Thurday the 23rd and I'm sending it out this morning. It should get to her in time. Nothing like a last minute thing. I hope she likes it.
This is what I came up with for the back. Once again I didn't want to buy any fabric so I had the two bigger pieces in my stash and then just used leftover fabric from the front. Just chunks cuz I needed a bigger amount. This quilt measures 51x66.5. That's small to me but Marilyn is only 4'11". So this will be big for her:).

I used Denyse Schmitz brown fabric for the binding and LOVE it. Her fabric really is soooo great! I get to go pick my oldest up from camp today. Man I've missed him. It just isn't the same without one of your kids. We are making it a family thing. It's a couple hour drive so it should be a good time. I don't have any binding projects so I'm taking some library quilting books with me to look at.
Hope you have a FANTASTIC day!!!!

19 comments:

  1. This is the kind of birthday gift I would love, your friend is so lucky, many happy returns to her.
    Carolyn*

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  2. That was fast! It looks wonderful and cozy!

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  3. absolutely gorgeous!!!! this is an awesome birthday present.

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  4. Mailing it today for a birthday in a week? That's what I call ahead of the game!

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  5. Beautiful quilt, she will just love it!! My son is also at camp and I miss him too. Give your son big hugs!

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  6. Well done! I'm also working on a b-day quilt for July 25th... just starting hand sewing the binding last night... I may, or may not make it in time. I started it last september, was supposed to be a christmas gift... now its turned to b-day ;-)

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  7. it's FABULOUS!!! way to finish it on a deadline. I love that binding!!!

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  8. looks great! nice job on the back.

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  9. Awesome quilt, I love it all!

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  10. W*O*W ...

    What a wonderful present ...

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  11. Glad your boy is home. The quilt ended up gorgeous.

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  12. looks good.. i love finishing just in time!

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  13. I like the things you have made and show on your blog!

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  14. Just unbelievably beautiful!

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  15. It looks great all finished up. Love it! Happy Birthday to your friend!

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  16. That is very lovely and I am having so much fun seeing people come up with creative backings!

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  17. FANTASTIC YOUR QUILT. I ALREADY SEW A QUILT WITH THIS PATERN BLOCK, BUT IN BLUE FABRICS.

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