Blogger Quilt Festival!

I have been on radio silence for a few weeks.  I have made some commitments and things have fallen through because of illness and my family commitments.  I would like to enter my favorite quilt I made over the summer before my life got crazy.

"All Because Two People Fell in Love" was a gift I made for my husband's grandparent's 60th wedding anniversary.  The quilt is a family tree with a leaf for each child, spouse, grandchild, and great-grandchildren. The tree and each leaf were appliqued onto the background.  

The heart depicts the love that Carmen and Jesse shared.

Here is the branch depicting my father-in-law's branch.  I hand stitched all the names onto the light greens and used the dark green leaves to fill in the background.

The quilt was bound in a similar fabric as the tree.

I am very pleased with the turnout of the quilt and couldn't have had a better response when I gave the quilt to my husband's grandparents.

Quilt Dimensions: 56" x 60"

Technique: Machine pieced back, with machine appliqued leaves and tree. Free Motion quilted on a small machine.

Best Category: Applique Quilt, Throw Quilt, and Art Quilt

Head on over to Amy's Creative Side for the rest of the Quilts