Wedding Quilt for C & N

My niece Mrs. C got married at the end of 2020.  Due to travel and group restrictions I was uable to attend her wedding.  When I asked her about colors for a gift she said, "I love pink."  I just couldn't bring myself to make an all pink quilt for a wedding quilt.  So I added my trusty black and white prints.  This quilt is a lot like another wedding quilt I made for T and J.  I just added the pink.  

This was my fabric pull in December 2020. I figured that with 30 fabrics and 20 rows, five pinks would give me one pink for each row.  I tried to pick some pinks that would stand out against the neutrals.  

I cut out the rectangles four by ten inches and laid them on the design wall.  

A black and white photograph helped me check for value distribution.  

Then I had to stack up the columns and put the quilt aside for a little while.  I pulled the stack out after finishing Monkey's Pokemon quilt and decided to finish it up before taking my long arm in for routine servicing.  I pieced all the columns and put them over the longarm rails. 

Pretty soon the quilt top was all together.  

The next day I loaded it on the Q24 and quilted it with loops in a line.  At the last minute I decided to quilt one heart on the bottom row.  

I trimmed it and put the binding on immediately. 

The backing is a light gray minky.  You can see the single heart in the picture below.  

After I finished it up I called my parents.  My niece and her husband live about four hours away.  I asked my parents if they knew anyone going down who could deliver it for me.  They informed me that I could deliver it myself as my niece was going to their house that same day.  

Talk about perfect timing!  I was able to give it to my niece and meet my new nephew for the first time that day.  I don't have many pictures of myself, but here I am with my niece.  When I pointed out the one heart on the quilt my niece said, "I love hearts!"

It is so much fun quilting for appreciative people.

XX,

Jasmine