This is a Special gift for my mother.
A family tradition..is to embellish gift packaging. We not only enjoy receiving the lovelies..but do them up ourselves too. Inside is some other little wrappings for various gifts...I used pinked red check fabric for ties. I sent with the QUILT bed runner..a cookbook my church put together, a tea caddy from our ladies luncheon, a cute bunny tile coaster a friend made that my mother adored..and the little bear with the red sweater...about LOVE and friendship. I'm also known for my Gingerbread baking.
I am so anxious for her to get it!! I'll be mailing it tomorrow..PRIORITY Mail!!
The little dog button...looks like my Schnauzer!!
I had my husband hold the quilt for me...That's a Quilters Pal for ya!
I then rotated the photo to show it's proper layout.
same with the backing....
All went well..until...YES...instead of doing traditional hand sewing on the binding...I decided to go with a decorative stitch. A very nice stitch..but, my supposed..programed tension..wasn't so programed on the back..aaargh. But, it still worked and I was pleased that the front made the cute little flower design.
There are a FEW...."AMISH" mistakes. I read about their Quilts once and they ALWAYS leave mistakes...so not to take all the glory upon themselves..but to GOD who gave the talent to begin with. I AGREE!!
So...with a lot of LOVE and HEART and my CREATIVE (talent from the LORD) I finished my first bed runner. I love the FEEL of a quilt as it gets finished.
I'll post next week a little about some of the things Quilters LOVE about it!
Thanks for following along and the ENCOURAGING comments.
HOPE
6 comments:
Thank you for your lovely comments on my blog - it was so kind of you. You have made a beautiful quilt - what a lovely present!
Pomona x
Oh how lovely this turned out Hope - I love that backing fabric you used, the buttons and the tag in the back, so sweet! I will tell you what, the back is something I have often neglected...I even once, I'm embarassed to admit, gave a quilt that was signed with a black sharpie!!! I won't ever be doing that again, but you have inspired me to pay more attention to labels and the little details. Very nice. ;) I like your special wrapping too! ;) Your Mom is going to feel like the luckiest Momma in the world.
What a gorgeous quilt! Red is my absolute favorite color :) Your Mom will cherish it for sure! I'm actually starting on my 3rd quilt and it's going to be for my Mom's 75th birthday. Hopefully it will work out the way I'm hoping it will :) Thanks so much for stopping by my blog! I appreciate your sweet comments!
OH!!! It looks wonderful!! :) I know your mom will love it!! :)
This turned out beautiful, a treasured gift for sure! As the recipient of one of your gifts I can testify to the love you put in every detail!
The quilted bed runner is beautiful! How I enjoyed reading your post on when your mom received it and opened it :) Lovely! You gift was perfect!
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