Just over seven years ago I posted a practice block for a
top I was planning to make (https://mombowe.blogspot.com/2011/05/lattice-star.html).
My daughter-in-law's brother was getting married and the top would be his
wedding gift. As with most of the quilts I've made with a deadline, I pushed
hard to get it finished in time. I did get the blocks stitched together and the
borders done with hours to spare. Somehow, though, I guess I never got around
to posting the result. Here’s how it looked the last time I saw it, before it
was quilted and bound. Today it might be on the happy couple’s bed or tucked
away in some closet. It might have an assortment of juice and cough syrup
stains, or it might be lining the floor of the doghouse. It’s a risk you take
when you give a handmade item to someone who doesn’t know the labor of love it
represents.
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