A Special Quilt

As quilters, we all know that there are times when we just have to put aside the project on which we are working and take on a special one. It may mess with our schedule, but we don't care. The new project is so important that it can't wait. This quilt is one of those projects.

Sheryll made this quilt top quite a long time ago. I think she was considering borders or making it larger, but I'm not sure. For some reason, it got put in a box and set aside. There were extra strips already cut and some extra fabric in the box. 

Fast forward to a couple of weeks ago when Sheryll called and asked if I could quilt the top for her because she wanted it finished to give to Jim. Of course I said yes; but then we had to figure out how to get the quilt to me, as we live about 1 3/4 hours apart. 

I finally got the quilt, picked a backing (a dark brown paisley) and promptly quilted it in a swirly design (Spring Thing by Jodi Beamish). She let me decide on the binding and I chose a red to bring out the red in the quilt. The picture does not do these fabrics or this quilt justice. They are gorgeous and there really is bits and pieces of red in the blocks. Sheryll is very new to quilting and she did a really good job of piecing this! 

Since I really do like to bind quilt, this was done very quickly and I was thrilled to give the quilt to Sheryll last week. She is happy with it, which makes me very happy.

Now I can move back to my regularly scheduled projects. :-)