The Swoon Wedding Quilt

My nephew got married this past weekend to a beautiful young woman.  

It was the perfect day, the perfect couple, a perfect venue. 

 The reception was overlooking Lake Michigan high on a bluff. 

 Gorgeous!  

When I first told Matt's mom I wanted to make them a quilt for a wedding present she was thrilled. 

 I was hoping the couple would be happy also.  

Turns out they were. 

 The colors they wanted me to use were navy, yellow and white

 (NOT maize and blue, LOL).  

Still, this Spartan would prefer not to use those colors!  haha. 

 I chose the Swoon Pattern by Camille Roskelley. 

 It was perfect.

I love how this quilt came out! 

 I enjoyed working with the fabrics I chose in spite of the colors.

I quickly decided that I wanted to include something with "Michigan" on it

 but did not want to turn the quilt into a sports quilt. 

 I figured out a great plan to make one U of M block and one Arizona State block.

This block represented Matt, the groom.

This one Juli, the bride.

And this one was a combination of the two of them after they are married! 

 Which I turned into the label.

Notice the tiny Spartan "S" on my signature pinwheel stamp

(also done in green and white)

This is what the back looked like with all three blocks on it.

Here are some close ups of the blocks and the quilting.

I had my amazing quilter, LTW, quilt feathers in the center part of the quilt and 

then this amazing swag on the border.  

The swag fill was done in a heart and feathers.

I love this corner detail

Heart swags

From the back

I made matching pillow cases and use them for part of the wrapping.

And hid the label underneath it.  

This took some creative folding! 

 I also did NOT want either of the college stars to show on the ends.

All I had to do was tie it all up with a bow.

Matt and Juli, who even faced into the beautiful sunset for this photo for me!

Opening the quilt the day after the wedding.

 The back of the quilt

It truly was a magical day. 

 Family, friends, food and fun. 

 These are the times we remember why life is so much fun!

It feels so great to finally be able to share all of this with all of you too.

I hope your weekend was fantastic too!!!

~XOP~

Swooning Along

I finally got back into my sewing room and did some damage! 

 I needed to get some (or all) of the rest of the blocks for my Swoon quilt and I was on a mission!!!  

I did get the other 5 blocks finished. 

 So now I have all 9 blocks finished and ready to put together!!!! 

 Yeah, go me!!

This week I will try to work on getting these set into a quilt top.  

I have an idea for a border too but I might need some additional navy for it.  

Here is an example of how it might look all put together

Thanks everyone, for all your well wishes on my recovering health! 

 I am getting better and will be back at work today, even though I am still coughing. 

 How was your weekend?

~XOP~

I am linking up to Freshly Pieced WIP Wednesday list.  

If you haven't stopped by her blog you really should!

She is also doing a Bloom Bloom Pow QAL that I am trying desperately to resist.

I think, as the Borg say, "Resistance is futile"!

I'm Finally Swooning

I had to get my bee commitments done so I could start on the Swoon blocks

for the wedding quilt for my nephew. 

 I finally had some time to sew today.  

Although I feel like death! 

 I have had a cold for a week now and it is actually seeming to get worse now. 

 How is that possible? 

 I was not going to be deterred! 

 I persevered and made 4 blocks today. 

 Seriously? 

This was all I was good for today.  

The requested colors are navy and yellow with white. 

 I am not a fan of blue and yellow (for obvious reasons, ahem being a Spartan) but they came out quite nice.  

This was the first block I made. 

 Probably good since there was no directional fabric in this one like there was in the rest of them.  

Why did I do that??

Next block I used some directional fabric but I like it anyway.

This one was pretty when done too. 

 Stripes...glutton for punishment, LOL.

Last one for today I used fabric with words in it. 

 I did a lot of ripping on this one, but am happy with the finished block though.

I still have 5 more blocks to make. 

 It took me around 2 hours per block to make them. 

 For the most part, I enjoyed making these blocks.  

Just wish I felt better.

What did you work on this weekend??

~XOP~

Where to Begin?

This weekend was CRAZY! 
More so than usual. 
We re-did our kitchen 9 years ago.
 Hubby said he would put in the tile floor. 
Here we are 9 years later, tile all bought, backer board in place and yet? 
No tiled floor. 

So I finally got the name and number of a tile installer and guess what?
 I have a tiled floor!!!!

This is Ken and how my floor looked before.

 This is my beautiful newly tiled and grouted kitchen floor.
 Woo HOO!!

All my SILs and even one of my BIL's said "call someone, that's what they are there for". 
OMG why did I wait so long??

OK, my internet is down at home, we need a new modem.
 I am going to go get one today after work.

I have a lot to share but will break it up so you are not all bored silly.
I went shopping with my boss's wife and another co-worker to Pink Castle Fabric Shop yesterday.  We spent over 2 hours at Brenda's wonderful shop.
 If you haven't checked her out, her shop has a LOT of great modern fabrics. 
Plus she and her staff are super nice!

My friends bought a LOT of fabric.
  I mean a LOT.
 I bought a little bit. 
I decided to make the Swoon quilt for my nephew for a wedding gift. 
(Crazy Quilt girl has this for sale if you would like to Swoon along with me)
You know you want to!

They wanted navy, white and yellow. 
C'mon now, who are they kidding? 
He graduated from U of M so you know it needs to be Maize and Blue right?
 UGH, why do I always end up using those colors for things?
 It's hard for this old Spartan to do for sure.

Here is the neat little stack of navy and yellows that I picked up. 
I added a couple more yellows from my stash and
bought one more navy online to round it all out to the nine I need.

 

It sure looks pretty.  

The 2 yellows I added were Pearl Bracelets and Pezzy.  

This is the navy I ordered

Even though I am not a fan of the Maize and Blue this should be a beautiful quilt.

I have some destash to list but will do so later.

I also finished the Wolf quilt and will take pics and post about it later too.

It is like 15 below 0 here today, Brrrrrrrr

Trying to stay warm.

Have a wonderful day and we will talk soon.

~XOP~