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!! 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 WE LOVE YOU!!
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Julie N
10/27/2018 06:32:44 am
I love this quilt and would love the pattern. Any chance you'll be writing it up?
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Gina
11/1/2018 08:33:10 pm
Thank you for the comment! I will work on it for you!
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Julie
11/2/2018 10:19:36 am
Thank you so much! Leave a Reply. |
AuthorHey Y'all, I'm Gina Tell! I live on Lake Travis just North of Austin Texas. I'm a full time long arm quilter and lover of all this art and outdoors!! Archives
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