A quilt for a friend

A few weeks ago now I finished a quilt for a dear friend of one of my sisters and mine. I was so anxious to see the gift received, so my sister sent pictures (the very end ones). The reveal face is what makes quilting all worth while for me. The hours of cutting, sewing, ironing, pinning, trimming... all you quilters know what I'm talking about. So here is the reveal, "Home is Where the Heart is". In the mean time here are some pinning pics.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All taped, and stretched and ready for pinning.

Getting all stretched and ready for pinning, thank goodness for hardwood floors.

Truly, a scrappy quilt, I was so good and didn't buy one piece of new material for this project.

I just sewed and played with the material, and placed where they best fit.

It was so great to not have a pattern to be constrained to.

the makings of the house

the door, the window, the chimney, and the heart all 505 sprayed on.

All ready for basic straight line quilting

Maria delighted with her quilt

 I'm so glad that I took this project on. My sister said when the gift was opened there were immediate tears of joy and appreciation for the quilt. 

Maria inspecting the quilt in great detail.