Every single quilt I have ever made has been given away as a gift, mostly to expectant moms or to my own daughter.
This time, I am keeping a quilt for me. It is to hang in our bedroom once Dan nails a short board to our wall.
The quilt started as a cloth calendar that I purchased because I loved the picture.
Not needing a calendar of 1978, I cut the calendar section off and went about saving the picture. Two borders that highlighted the blue and orange color scheme of the picture, which happens to be the color scheme of our bedroom, were added.
Then, I hand quilted around the trees, clouds and shrubs. I learned that a good needle and a good leather thimble are worth their weight in gold.
Finally, I added a black border to make it blend in with the rest of the pictures hanging on our walls. The end result looks like this.
I sewed velcro on the back of the quilt as that is how the quilt will be adhered to the board on the bedroom wall.
Though Dan has never been a fan of the bright orange accents I like to add around our bedroom, he does like this quilt, which is a good thing because I’m giddy to see it hanging in our bedroom.
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