It begins here…

…with fabric by Sarah Jane.  A relative of mine fell in love with her work and asked me to make her a quilt for her daughter, who has a name similar to mine.

(I couldn’t say no.)

I found the pattern on Michael Miller’s Website, and followed it exactly.

I made it over the break between Christmas and New Year’s.  You can see my husband’s nutcracker collection on top of our hutch.

I trundled it off to my longarm quilter, and she did a quick turn-around.  It’s always a happy day to pick up a quilt from Cathy.  This fabric is very silky, and I enjoyed working with it.

And on my birthday, I declare it done!  Happy New Year, Happy New Quilt.  This is Quilt #176 on my list of 200 quilts.  I never thought I’d reach 176 quilts.  If you haven’t started your list, do so now.

We chose a pattern called “party ribbons” for the quilting, as it fit in with the theme of the fabric.

The backing has unicorns with touches of gilt bushes.

I packaged it up and sent it off, the people in the Post Office helping me find just the right box.

(I love my post office.)

I didn’t label it because it was going to live at someone else’s home, but if I could, it would look like the one above.

Rebecca sent me this photo of the quilt on her daughter’s bed.  So glad they both like it!