and they lived happily ever after
Saturday, July 24, 2010 at 9:15AM so a few weeks ago i posted here about my friends' sam and ian one year anniversary gala (the four of us sitting in my makeshift dining room - very exclusive event). they were married on june 20th, 2009. i have known Sam since the day I was born, our mothers are best friends, I was the maid of honor. It felt only right to make something special and elaborate for their gift. I hadn't started learning to quilt at the time of their wedding but I had minor sewing skills (i made their ring pillow, seen here and here. you can also kind of see it on their bed below) and I knew I wanted to accomplish something ambitious.
cut to November 2009 and I took my quilting class. I got very into it and started researching projects I thought I could do. I found this wedding quilt on the purl bee. i loved it exactly how it was and didn't want to vary the colors much. i added a few columns and one row to suit a california king size bed (turns out they traded their california king for a queen size bed halfway through the process- minor panic attack but nothing serious), and got to work. i had Cranberry Quilt Works do the final touches, as i don't have a long arm quilting machine in my 1200 square foot apartment, natch. i am super proud of this quilt and can't believe it ever got finished. it was a HUGE project and I commend ANYONE who takes on such a task, or any task like this. it was worth all the work when i gave it to them and they loved it just as much as i loved making it.
see the pictures below!
yay for weddings and quilting!
xo
Reader Comments (2)
best. present. from anyone. ever.
SERIOUSLY FUCKING AMAZING.
my bestest friend in the whole wide world has many many a talent...i consider myself to be one lucky broad to have a girl like her in my life forever.
You are seriously talented girl. Seriously. This is gorgeous!