GIFTED QUILTS

I gave two of my recent quilt finishes since we came to Oregon.  Last night I gave the anniversary quilt to my DS and DIL for their 25th anniversary.  You can see the love birds kissing while wrapped in the quilt below.  This morning we took them to the airport for their anniversary trip to England, France and Scotland!  It's hard to believe they have been married that long!

As I had mentioned, our DGS just graduated from high school and will be going to college on an academic and music scholarship.  Below you can see him playing the piano.  He doesn't want his face to appear on my blog, so I'm showing you this view.

Here he is wrapped up in the quilt that I made for him.

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GRADUATION QUILT TOP DONE

I finished the quilt top for my GS's high school graduation - Star Gazing from Bonnie Hunter's book,  "Scraps and Shirttails."  It is made from a variety of scraps including men's shirts, but also some new "musical" fabric because he plays the trumpet, piano and organ.

Close up of the border.

  I have to say that Bonnie's instructions are always easy to follow.  I bought sashing fabric from Connecting Threads on sale and got similar colors to what she used in her quilt.  The cheddar is some Jo Morton fabric that I purchased at a garage sale and I used it in another of Bonnie's quilts that I made last year (see my heading picture above),

I have to add that we are very proud of my GS, as he has earned scholarship offers from 2 colleges and he has until May 1 to make up his mind.  Both schools are offering an academic scholarship, plus an organ performance scholarship that brings the price down within reach of a regular family - for all four years!  He wants to major in history, which is right for him as he is very studious and loves the old fashioned way of life (at least he thinks he does) better than modern life.

Now I'm piecing the back so I can get it quilted before we go to his graduation in June.