greencat

Lovely quilt! Thanks for the date info.

busy fingers

Something to be treasured by the happy couple.

suern3

What a great story and a beautiful quilt! Plus, I believe red is a special color in China, representing good fortune or celebration. Perfect!

jlt37869

Good job!!

sJens

Very pretty.

fatsewcat

Thank you. It is the jewel box block with sashings separating them to make the quilt larger and add a little different look than you get with the blocks side by side. Beginner friendly since its half square triangles and four patches.

fatsewcat

Thank you. And thank for the info. I will have to tell my friend about that. That’s just adds to the story. So cool.

fatsewcat

Thank you. Another way I have hidden the date into a quilt is with the thread colors and quilting. I sewed lines up vertically on the quilt (no necessarily straight line just vertical) using the different colors of thread to reorient the date. A little way to hide it in there but still know it’s there. I plan to use that one again someday.

Thanks. He’s always by my side and in the middle of a project if he has his way. Such a big helper.

fatsewcat

Thanks. I bought that fabric by the bolt and it worked great for this project. It’s one of those fabrics I hated to use from my stash because I love it but than that asks the question, if you aren’t going to use within why’d you buy it? lol. I broke, some got used.

fatsewcat

She had such a fun time learning the process of quilting and actually using my machine and being apart of the process. Her daughter was upset she didn’t get to come so I told her if she has the patience maybe would work on a small one together. We could end up with two new quilters by the time it’s all said and done.