My mom started this quilt many years ago. It's the pattern from Eleanor Burns, and Mom took a class to learn how to piece each block. Then she gave them to me to piece into a quilt. Mom suffered from Parkinson's disease the last 16 years of her life. So, the blocks were a lot of different sizes. I was stumped. I did not know how to finish it. Mom pestered me to get it done. I told her I would. She passed away in 2013. Since then, the blocks have been on my UFO list several times, but the number never came up. I thought I might need to make filler blocks, so I bought several 1/3 yard cuts of Kim Diehl fabric.
I started working on the blocks for our PHD (Projects Half Done) in our Sew Small Guild. I chose to work on 3 blocks per month, during the guild year, with the goal of finishing it up in May.
I actually had to start over on some of the blocks, so I used the Kim Diehl fabric in similar colors to Mom's blocks. Fortunately, I didn't have to redo the applique blocks!
Here is the top, finally pieced in March or April of this year.
Then, I quilted it and had the binding finished on April 14, 2020.
I think Mom would be proud.
Keep on Sewing!
Oh, are you not a fan of doing applique either?
ReplyDeleteGood to see a post from you, Tammy. This is a treasure to have a project made by you and your Mom. It looks great!