you ain't seen nothin' yet

You haven't already forgotten the snippets of this quilt from yesterday's post, have you? Here it is in its entirety! Well...nearly, anyway.



Fabulous quilt, don't you agree? It was pieced by Mary H...longarm machine quilted by me...and was then given to her daughter as a graduation present.

I just love Mary's mix of batiks and prints...and some blocks with photos and some with four patches. Oh...and don't you just love that every single photo is framed with solid black fabric? Very rich, in my opinion!

Mary had seen my work in my sister's quilt store in Jamestown. And she loved my hand-guided, template-followed Swirls! So...that is what we both agreed upon for this special quilt.

I stopped and started the Swirls design at every photo on the quilt...and then later stitched in the ditch around all of them. Yes...still hand-guiding my longarm machine! Lots of starting and stopping...but the effect is quite lovely, don't you think...and well-worth the efforts! (Go ahead and click on the photo if you'd like to see a closer view.)



This season of graduations always brings a joyful tear (or two) to my eyes. Such promise. Lots of challenges. So much to look forward to! Life is just beginning....