lets celebrate with Champagne, roses and quilts!!

Today I’m sharing a very special family quilt.  I call it "Champagne and Roses", and I made it to celebrate my Sister-in-Law!  She is traveling to Vegas today, sitting next to the man of her dreams, preparing to share vows and celebrate their endless love!! 

Congratulations Ellen & Nick, we love you both,
and wish you many years of wedded bliss!

I came up with the inspiration to make this after seeing a small yellow barn quilt on an old country road in Iowa.  Ellen has always loved red, and she has 4 grown children and it seemed like those 4 stars represented her family becoming one in the center.  I had a lot of fun making this one, and photographing it! (her brother is behind the quilt and we laughed a lot that day dragging that quilt around a beautiful Catholic church in the rain LOL)
When I make quilts, it's not just fabric and colors, there is a lot of thought that goes into the fine details.  There are a lot of memories in those 3 layers for me, and I almost always shed a few tears when I make a special family quilt.  I have been in their family for many years now, and it hasn't always been pretty, but I hope she knows no matter where we all live in the world, we love all of them very much! 
Ellen and Nick, we hope you have a wonderful time in Vegas,
and can't wait to see pictures!!  
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Pattern was my creation using simple half square triangles with
two red layer cakes from The Fat Quarter Shop:
Project Red Layer Cake Sweetwater for Moda Fabrics Moda-5680LCRed Carpet Essentials 10 Karat Mini-Gems Wilmington Prints Wilm-Q510-32-510

I did some curvy hearts and swirls on the long arm for the quilting

WE LOVE YOU!!