At long last....

I finished quilting this the other day...a big, loose meander.  I put the final hand stitches in the binding last night after 1:00 a.m.  Maybe 1:30.

I am going to show a couple more shots before washing...

If not for  that block that has the sun in it, and then it is used as a cornerstone, this quilt would have been titled 'They Only Come Out at Night'....but I did not think of that before I put the sun in...and still consider naming it that.

I have not made a label for it and I know I should, but I so would like to just get it sent to the child it is for.

The two shots below are after washing and drying.  I had meant to measure to see how much it shrank but totally forgot.

It did not alter the looks of it all that much.

 It is sooooo soft and cuddly....is that how you spell cuddly?  You know what I mean I am sure.  The backing is flannel.

It has taken me long enough to get it done...but I am happy with the results....remember to click to expand the view.

From my oldest daughter...

My oldest daughter was traveling for work,  and had left Delta with Lorelei and her mom.  So she comes back to the Indianapolis airport, comes to Sarah's house.  And stays for the holiday...but she and Lorelei drive to St. Louis to check on her house.  She sent me this scene the next morning.  Delta is waiting for Lorelei to get up...I think she has adopted Lorelei as her own.  She always waits for Lorelei to get up when Lorelei visits them.

One day when Daughter was here we were down in the basement sewing, and we could hear Delta up here...just constantly pacing.  Could not rest with us down there.  Well, daugher went and picked up Lorelei from school and brought her here.  We did not hear another peep from Delta, and when we came up, Lorelei was sitting on the couch and Delta was laying below her, perfectly content.
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This is a project that my daughter is working on.   So simple but so beautiful, I think.

She works full time,  and I she seldom works just 40 hours, yet she still does so much more than me with her sewing.

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I did start the quilting...I am doing a loose meandering quilting.  I chickened out on trying something  more complicated.  For different reasons, partly cause I felt like I could do the meandering successfully, and partly cause I knew it would be quicker. 

And I definitely did not want to quilt it too much.
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Lorelei came yesterday evening and spent last night and is spending the night tonight.

We made chocolate chip cookies tonight.  When Lorelei's mom makes cookies, they are uniform in size and shape.  Hers have always been that way.  Mine?  They have always been like this...each one a different size, different shape.  But they still taste wonderful!