Almost Done
By MrsJ
@SophiaMorros (5046)
Belews Creek, North Carolina
July 17, 2019 4:42pm CST
The bonus child who has been living with us since January will be moving out during the first week of August. I wanted to give her a going away gift and decided that a quilt would be the perfect choice.
Unfortunately, I didn’t have a finished quilt that would do (all of my finished items that aren’t tagged for someone specific are either holiday quilts or baby quilts) so last month I dug into my fabric stash and made a plan to put together a quick quilt.
Some people can make a quilt in a weekend. I’m not one of those people. It took me a week-and-a-half to cut the fabric and to piece together the flimsy and another week-and-a-half to force feed it to my Brother in order to secure the layers together. Finishing the edge added another two days. And it had been waiting patiently to be washed (I used washable markers to mark my quilting lines that looked rather unsightly) until I could get some colour grabbers to makes sure none of the dye would transfer to the white sections.
All it lacks is a label. Hopefully, I will be able to finish that either this evening or tomorrow and then another hurry-up project will be off of my to-do list.
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@xFiacre (12595)
• Ireland
17 Jul 19
@sophiamorros I hope she appreciates all the hard work.
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@SophiaMorros (5046)
• Belews Creek, North Carolina
17 Jul 19
I think she will. She was thrilled with the personalized keyfob I made for her several months back.
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@Juliaacv (48411)
• Canada
18 Jul 19
@SophiaMorros She has excellent taste, that was what first caught my eye, I love both green (turquoise) as well as purple together.
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@SophiaMorros (5046)
• Belews Creek, North Carolina
18 Jul 19
@Juliaacv I had to laugh this morning when @Morleyhunt shared a photo of a quilt on Facebook that was turquoise and purple triangles. 
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@SophiaMorros (5046)
• Belews Creek, North Carolina
17 Jul 19
I have to give my daughter credit for the purple and turquoise borders. That was her suggestion when I showed her the center blocks.
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@LovingMyBabies (85127)
• Valdosta, Georgia
17 Jul 19
That is a beautiful quilt! I am sure she will love it. =)
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@SophiaMorros (5046)
• Belews Creek, North Carolina
17 Jul 19
Thank you! I'm pleased with how it turned out!
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@kobesbuddy (74550)
• East Tawas, Michigan
17 Jul 19
What a beautiful quilt and I know that she will love it! You did a lovely job:)
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@kobesbuddy (74550)
• East Tawas, Michigan
17 Jul 19
@SophiaMorros Is she an exchange student from another country?
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@SophiaMorros (5046)
• Belews Creek, North Carolina
17 Jul 19
@kobesbuddy no. She's one of my daughters' friends who needed to put some space between herself and her mother (she just turned 21).
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@SophiaMorros (5046)
• Belews Creek, North Carolina
17 Jul 19
Thank you! I hope she likes it!
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@SophiaMorros (5046)
• Belews Creek, North Carolina
17 Jul 19
Thank you! Handmade gifts give me a chance to pray over the recipient while I'm working. It also allows me to give a gift of a value I couldn't otherwise afford.
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@thelme55 (76476)
• Germany
18 Jul 19
@SophiaMorros You are very welcome. That is a nice give and a valuable one.
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@CarolDM (203454)
• Nashville, Tennessee
17 Jul 19
@SophiaMorros And a lot of patience. I used to watch my Grandmother always working on a quilt. Now I have many of her quilts, thankfully.
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@SophiaMorros (5046)
• Belews Creek, North Carolina
17 Jul 19
@CarolDM I find sewing very therapeutic.
@SophiaMorros (5046)
• Belews Creek, North Carolina
17 Jul 19
I'm not sure much talent is really involved. Just a love of sewing and fabrics that has gotten lots of practice over the years.
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@divalounger (5849)
• United States
17 Jul 19
Really a beautiful quilt. Congratulations on a job well done!
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@velvet53 (22528)
• Palisade, Colorado
21 Jul 19
@SophiaMorros That is beautiful. What are you working on now?
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@SophiaMorros (5046)
• Belews Creek, North Carolina
20 Jul 19
It's done. On to other projects.
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@SophiaMorros (5046)
• Belews Creek, North Carolina
21 Jul 19
@velvet53 I've started another quilt (something a little more complicated) and I have a numbe of garments on my to-do lost.
Currently sewing area is at sixes and sevens. We painted the walls today and everything is jumbled up in the middle of the room.
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@SophiaMorros (5046)
• Belews Creek, North Carolina
18 Jul 19
I've made some handmade items that were absolute garbage. Sometimes projects don't turn out right, sometimes I try to work beyond my abilities. But I do think that a well done handmade gift takes gift-giving up a notch!
@SophiaMorros (5046)
• Belews Creek, North Carolina
18 Jul 19
The first quilt I started took me 27 years to finish 
. I choose a simple pattern and used a roll of six inch strips of batik to save me the time of choosing individual fabrics.
And I quilted it by machine. So I took lots of shortcuts.
. I choose a simple pattern and used a roll of six inch strips of batik to save me the time of choosing individual fabrics.
And I quilted it by machine. So I took lots of shortcuts.1 person likes this
@1creekgirl (40515)
• United States
19 Jul 19
That is beautiful! I'm glad your young friend will appreciate all the time and work you put into it. Homemade quilts are such treasures, especially if you know who made them. I have several from my grandmother, my mother in law, and her mother.
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@1creekgirl (40515)
• United States
20 Jul 19
@SophiaMorros I know you treasure all of those.
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@SophiaMorros (5046)
• Belews Creek, North Carolina
19 Jul 19
I have the one my mother gave me as a wedding gift. It's in tatters. I also freed one from her stash of quilts when she passed away a few years ago.
I also have a couple that my sister made for me 
.
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@SophiaMorros (5046)
• Belews Creek, North Carolina
17 Jul 19
Thank you! I'm very pleased with the purple and turquoise my daughter suggested it, but I wasn't sure at first.
@MALUSE (69413)
• Germany
17 Jul 19
@SophiaMorros The colours look good together. Your daughter has good taste.
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@MarshaMusselman (38652)
• Midland, Michigan
21 Jul 19
It's gorgeous and did I miss something? Your pic looks like my friend Joanne and then I see you're from NC and now I see you make quilts too. The only discrepancy is your name, maybe. Unless this is the new you and neither name is yours.
Am I confusing you or an I on the right page or maybe I should say pattern? Yep, I'm right. I went looking to see if Morley stopped by and say your conversation with Julia. I'm glad you're back with whatever name you want to use.
I'm not around quite as much as I used to be, although more recently I have been here more.
@SophiaMorros (5046)
• Belews Creek, North Carolina
18 Jul 19
Thank you! I am pleased with the end result!
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@JudyEv (325693)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Jul 19
This is a really lovely gift. What a kind thing to do. I'm sure she will be very touched.
@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
18 Jul 19
I would be proud to own one of your hurry up quilts.Its an awesome gift that will last forever if taken care of.
