I feel like I’ve been making this quilt for years, and it’s only been since the summer.
My best friend’s cousin got married this past weekend to a lovely gal. I’ve known Austin since he was nine years old (going on forty). He’s thirty-two now and got married. My friend and I knew they deserved a big, wonderful quilt.
The top got done early in the year but sat for months before we finally got it to the long armers in September (exactly one year since the last wedding quilt we took her). I got it home, put the binding on it, then waited for the embroidered label from a friend. I had a backup person who made me two other labels. All the labels came literally days before the wedding! I was so done by that point, stressed out beyond belief about it all.
The couple, while in college at Vassar, met at Disneyland with friends. That was a few years ago and they fell in love almost right away. Both are from New York but live in California for now. I think they will come back here soon enough.
At the departure brunch the next morning, my friend and I presented the quilt to them. (The last pic is how we wrapped it, which was my vision from the start pretty much.) They loved it, and were immediately drawn to the Disney elements in it.
The fabric used is Holly Taylor’s Violet Hill.
The pattern is Criss Cross by CozyQuilts.
There are two accent fabrics, one is Moda’s Arboretum metallics. I forget the other.
I don’t know the name of the backing.
The quilting is a dragonfly pantograph which felt more than right for a garden theme quilt.
The quilt measures 96″x96″ which is 8′x8′! By far, the largest quilt I’ve ever made and will ever make! I was able to use a 108″ on the back which saved a lot of time, fabric, and material.
I’m proud of how it turned out, and I’m glad they loved it. I’m also glad it’s out of this house forever.