On one of my sister's very rare visits to my home in Connecticut, I brought her into my quilt sanctuary and gave her a quick show-and-tell of what I had completed over the past several years. I guess I inspired her because she actually asked me to make her a quilt!
Recently Jeannie updated her home colors from turquoise and sand (a common theme for living in Florida) to blue and white to work with her dishware collection. So we started looking through my pattern collection of blue and white quilts. She loved this one called Wintry Wonder from the 2014 American Patchwork & Quilting Calendar.
As we began picking fabrics from my stash, she fell in love with a gorgeous blue and white floral, a Jacobean-type style, called Brittany by Dover Hill for Benartex. I didn't have enough to back the quilt, so I decided to use as much of it as possible in the quilt top. You can see it in the border blocks, the Cups and Saucers blocks, and sprinkled throughout the top. (I had not seen this block before and thought how perfect for the pattern she picked to coordinate with her dishes!) I chose Williamsburg "Blue Byrd" by Windham Fabrics for the backing, which is the last photo.
I devoted all my time to getting the top finished, piecing the backing, and making the binding to bring with me when I visit her next month. I found a long-arm quilter who will quilt and bind it while I am there so Jeannie will have her quilt right away!
