And a Happy New Year to you!

I want to share my last quilt

for 2014.

I tried to finish for Christmas, but

I was a couple of days late.

I came down with a nasty bug on Christmas,

flu I think, (even though I had a flu shot).

Even though I love sharing things,

 I didn't think I  should share the flu, so the quilt

has not been delivered yet.

Being in the accounting field, year end is...well you can image.

Monday was the day I scheduled inventory,

outside, 32 degrees and still sick, but I made it.

 

Anyway, I'm sure you did come here to listen to me whine.

 

So here it is....

 

 

A little history...

This is a memory quilt I made for my aunt.

The stars are made from her late husband's

shirts.

There are six circles of stars, one for each of her children,

and 8 stars in each circle, one for each member of her family.

I quilted 18 friendship stars for each of her grandchildren.

There are 15 pinwheels for her great grandchildren.

 

 

The pattern is Round and Round by Thimble Blossoms.

68X72.

I left the center circle off and quilted his name.

(just in case you noticed, I did fix the corner of that pinwheel)

 

 

I quilt everything freehand, including the names.

2 layers 80/20 batting.

Glide thread, linen, it's not a white white, but not beige.

Love it on a white background.

 

 

I like to try something new on every quilt, this time it was

feather circles.

 

Nice little feathered border.

 

 

 

I couldn't get a picture of the whole quilt,

this is as good as I could get.

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by,

back to work tomorrow.