Chris and Monica's Wedding Quilt

This post is a LONG time coming! 
It is so tough to make a quilt that you can't share until it is gifted! 
My son's best friend was getting married. 
Of course that meant he needed a quilt. 
He has been best friends with Chris since they were both 8 years old. 
We are very good friends with his parents too.

I spoke with my son about the colors in their house and bed size etc and finally settled on that the quilt needed to be gray. 
Of course.
 Do kids these days even like colors??  LOL .
 I wanted something with just a hint of color so
I introduced some greenish gray and some bluish gray. 
I am so glad I did that. 
The entire quilt reminds me of sea glass.  I chose a simple pattern, one I have made before and love.  Then opted for LOTS of quilting.

I LOVE how a friendship star is prominent in the middle of this. 
When I was piecing it I did so by putting the HST together in 4 patches.
I had three of the 4 sides right and when I saw that on the design wall, I moved the 4th into place.  Other than that the placement is totally random.

 I used left over HST to form a line on the back on either side of the hand embroidered label.

Notice the strip on top and below the HST lines?  I used that fabric in the previous wedding quilt!

Linking this up at Crazy Mom Quilts.

It sure feels good to share this one!

Enjoy your weekend!!!

~XOP~