My first commissioned work!!

So this fall I got a call from my sister asking me if I would be willing to make a special quilt for her mother-in-law. "Sure!" I said, not realizing what I was getting myself in for. I mean, your family HAS to like the things you make for them, but this was one step removed from the list of people who owe you a loving acceptence of your best try. So not only was I not guarenteed a postive response, but I wanted to make this my best ever work so that my sister could be proud of her gift to her mother in law. So yes, there was a lot of pressure.



So thanks to the great internet fabric shopping one can do on ebay, my sister was able to pick out the anchor fabric and pattern for the quilt. She then gave me a free hand to create the rest. I found a few more fabrics that matched and got to work. The pattern was not too difficult, but it took time. The colors were exciting, and it started to really take shape.


Unfortunately I was really pushed on time to get this done, and I didn't take any pictures of the final work. DUH! But I was pretty happy with it, although I could list out so many mistakes with it!! But my sister silenced me so fast when I tried to do that when I handed the quilt over to her. And I really appreciate her for that. She seemed to love it and reports that her mother in law does too!



One note I will add for quilters, when doing a red and white quilt, be sure to wash the red fabric BEFORE sewing!! you don't want that white fabric to turn pink!! I waited until after and used a dye grabber and all came out well, but BOY was I nervous!