Finish Number 2

Mr. P's birthday quilt is finished in time for his birthday on February 28. 

 These block patterns came from Dawn Heese who featured a sew along on the Henry Glass fabric blog. You can see Dawn's finished quilt here.

 I had these blocks on my design wall as I was working on the sashing. I asked Mr. P. for his opinion. What you see is his idea on how to do the sashing.

 My friend Laura who has just started a machine (she did this on her domestic) quilting business did this quilt for me. Each block is quilted with the same design which I asked her to do. She also did straight line quilting in the borders which I had requested. She is so good at making my vision happen. Thanks Laura!

 The quilt has been washed and is ready for Mr. P. to use during the rest of our wintertime. I saw this flannel at Connecting Threads which is perfect. It is called Big Sky Lodge by Jenni Calo. I had to have it because Mr. P's hobby is woodworking. So if you look close you can see that it is a bunch of tree stumps or ends of branches. Mr. P. has cut down his share of trees in his lifetime. He had to cut down trees so we could build our house and have a garden. You can see some of Mr. P's handiwork here and here. The tables and bowl were made from the trees he cut down.

 Today I have been busy cutting out the fabric pieces for the two new rows in Lori Holt's row along. I guess you know what I will be doing tomorrow. We are supposed to get rain again tomorrow so it will be a good day to sew.

I  am linking up this finish to Such a Sew and Sew.


Thanks goes to my daughter for modeling the cowl and for being my quilt holder.

With Passion,
Carrie P.