Monday, August 4, 2014

#65 50th Birthday Celebration

My husband turned 50 at the end of July. What better way to celebrate than with a quilt!! So I made him a fantastic quilt with batiks! I had been working on it for a while starting back in 2013, but since finishing the top I tucked it away (out of sight out of mind) and was able to get it quilted and bound while he was away for a few days!!
As some of you will know from following along on my quilting/long arm journey, I have not had a great experience with my long arm quilting machine. I have now connected with the right person, and quilting my husband's quilt has been the most fun, the best turn out, and fingers crossed the beginning of a great friendship with my machine!!! lol Thanks Greg!



Let me tell you I was doing a very excited happy dance right here!!! First quilt I have finished without any major quilting issues!!!! The first of many, fingers crossed!!!!!!!!!!!!!






 This quilt pattern is made from Jelly Roll strips and the video tutorial can be found here.

I had to share some of the celebration food too!! Especially the cake, that my friends sister made!!

Marinated Veggie Salad  Really good! I made it 2 days ahead, yum!!
 Couscous Salad
 Orzo and Spinach Salad from The Art of Home E-Magazine if you aren't getting this free magazine, you should check it out!!
 and some iced coffee steeping and simple syrups to sweeten it with.  I made regular, vanilla and cinnamon!!
 And there's my friend Kellie (miracle baby's mom!! lol) giving Dave his cake!! My husband owns a 1964 Suburban, thus the cake!! It was a homemade cherry chip cake, that tasted as good as it looked!! Thanks again Stephanie!!!!



9 comments:

  1. Beautiful quilt, Sandy! Filled with love, I can tell :)

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  2. I love this quilt pattern and the stitch design is perfect!!! Those salads look amazing too!!! Thanks for sharing!!

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  3. Great guy quilt. I checked out the tutorial, I like yours with the narrow sashing. Your quilting shows up great on the back.

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  4. Sandy - what a great birthday celebration for your hubby! I love the deep, rich, earthy colors of your quilt and the quilting pattern you did is awesome!

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  5. Wow it came out great!! Happy birthday to your husband!!!

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  6. Wow! That quilt is amazing. So great that things went well with it. Hopefully your machine will continue to cooperate.

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  7. Great job on the 50th birthday celebration!! The quit looks great and you did a fabulous job on the quilting!!!

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  8. Love the quilt design...very striking. Great job.

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  9. I have already commented on this post but after going back to look at your quilt, I am wondering how you went about quilting it?!

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