It is still only 64" x 50 1/2" which means it won't be a bed quilt. However, assuming it ever gets cold enough in Central Florida, he will be able to snuggle up with it on the couch. This is the best I could do.
I have one more quilt project that needs to be finished. Unfortunately the one I'm still working on is one that must be finished with hand quilting. I started it in 1989. If I ever finish that one, I will never hand quilt anything ever again.
Here is a picture of my grandson's quilt:
It'a lovely. It's well done. It was quilted by an artisan who had an eye to the integrity of the quilt. Don't beat yourself up over anything; your grandson will love it, for years. Now about that other one--let's have a look at it!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Joanne! I'm so happy that it is finished. I just might post the other one...
DeleteA gift made with love is the best gift.
ReplyDeleteI agree!
DeleteIt's beautiful. My grandson's quilt is still on my machine. I'm not going to that again. All future quilts will go to quilters.
ReplyDeleteI hope your grandson's quilt doesn't take as long as mine did. Looking forward to seeing it on your blog when it is done.
DeleteWell done Colette. I am so impressed.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Linda. The applique just about killed me.
DeleteNo fun today, I fear. Just a tranquil acceptance of one of the less predictable aspects of getting older.
ReplyDeleteThere comes a time when the energy and sense of application are lacking for such projects (VR has done many). The gift becomes a 90-second transaction between two online bank accounts. Money, being a medium which is converted into other things, is either quickly forgotten or regarded as an expectation. Which sounds sad but only to us (the givers) not the recipient; we become the humbler but no less necessary lubricant by which the domestic life is eased for relations who are now older and often engaged with adult concerns. One good point. Because the transaction is clinical the giver tends to be more generous than if specie were being handed over. It may also lead to greater generosity on other occasions.
For instance: my grand-daughter and her partner have just acquired a house. Among other things they face transforming the wilderness at the rear into a garden. It occurs to me I shall never again use my hedge-trimmer and my angle-grinder (we pay people to do that kind of work these days) and I am arranging for them to be sent on. Better that than for the tools to decay uselessly.
Meanwhile I practice tricky bit from songs I am learning and VR expects in 2019 to read more than her yearly average of 220 titles. Both personal activities which harm no one. No burden to others.
It really is amazing how we change as we age. I never believed I would allow one of my quilts to be machine quilted. When I was younger, I simply hand quilted all the time and got them done. Eventually my stubbornness became the reason I was no longer making quilts. Now perhaps I'll design and piece again. Those were the things I loved about the quilting process.
DeleteI'm glad you are passing on your gardening tools to your granddaughter. They will mean so much to her and her partner.
That's a beautiful quilt!
ReplyDeleteI used to make my daughters' clothes and kept squares of all the fabric in hopes of someday making them quilts. At this point they will each receive a box of material squares. I can live with that.
Okay, that made me laugh.
DeleteIt looks great, I'm sure he will love it. Doesn't it feel wonderful to finish something that's been languishing for so long? On to the next one!
DeleteMolly, I am so happy you saw this and commented. I have been urged on whenever you post your beautiful work. Yes, finishing it feels wonderful.
DeleteMy mom started making a quilt for my son when he was a baby. I think he was 13 when he finally got it. Somebody else for finished it too. 😁
ReplyDeleteBirdie!!! So great to hear from you. 13! Well, that makes me feel a little better about taking 7 years to finish this one.
DeleteI love handmade quilts. They are such beautiful acts of love.
ReplyDeleteThey are! Nicely put.
DeleteThis quilt is beautiful. I admire your persistence and I am sure your grandson will benefit from both, pertsistence and quilt.
ReplyDeleteha! He is the prince of persistence. And he seems to like the quilt.
DeleteLovely quilt. Kudos to you for sticking with it. I'm sure your efforts are much appreciated.
ReplyDeleteThat is cute and I love the colors on it.
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