Last weekend my lovely sister Molly and her fabulous husband Rafael got married in Brooklyn New York. It was quite the party! Not much is better then getting together with Family and friends, eating, drinking, dancing, and celebrating LOVE!
For the occasion I wanted to make something really special. Something my Sister and Brother-in-law would use and enjoy for years to come.. Something like, a QUILT! And what better person to help me with this large sewing project but my mom Josie, who is my inspiration and continues to be my sewing teacher to this day!
We started with a pattern idea that I got from quilter and crafty lady, Denyse Schmidt on-line. From there we drew out our version of the pattern, making it a little easier by enlarging the squares and amount of solid fabric. Then we headed to Stone Mountain and Daughter Fabrics in Berkeley, who has an expansive selection of quilters cottons and notions to choose from, and where I worked for a year last year!
The cutting and Patchwork went fast with both me and my mom working on it, and our haphazard way of throwing things together! We were done with the top in no time! What we didn't have time for however, was to actually quilt and bind all the pieces together.. So I called a local "Long-arm" quilter and quilting teacher at Stone Mountain, Angie Woolman. She was able to get started right away and within one week we had our beautiful Finished quilt ready to pack up and bring to the bride and groom in New York!
