It took a week of quilting, but the custom quilt is finished. It is really beautiful. When I think of the hours and hours she must have spent hand sewing, I am amazed. Lots of pictures.
The back.
Today, I went to the hand stitching group at a local quilt shop. There were 11 ladies there, all with pretty projects on the go. I took along a small quilt I was given by the family of a quilter who died before finishing hand quilting it. I am using it for my learning curve as a practice piece. I'm doing okay so far, but my stitches are much more clumsy looking than the original quilter's tiny, perfect ones. I hope I get better at this by the time I finish the project!
Two ladies in the group made this gorgeous Quilt of Valor. It is all hand quilted by them and will go to someone very deserving of their year of work.
My goal is to be even half as good at hand quilting as they are!
