Red Hometown Quilt: Finish!

Yes!  The red quilt is finished and ready to ship off to my sister for her birthday this week...

...of course, the largest shipping box that I have is too small.  I'll be stopping by the post office for a larger one tomorrow.

Hometown

I love the fabrics of the Hometown line so much that I don't want to chop them up too small... so I decided to use the original Turning Twenty pattern.

The newest Turning Twenty book has lots of options but, for these fabrics... I'm going to stick with the original.

 Quilt photo from Turning Twenty Just Got Better.

I think there will be excellent contrast among all the red fabrics from Hometown...

...can't wait to get my machine back so I can get to sewing!

Next Project

My fingers are  crossed that my machine will be fixed by next weekend so I can pick it up and begin my next project:  a quilt for my baby sister's birthday coming up the end of February. 

Eleanor is the little one in front...  she was 10 months when this photo was taken. 

I'm the one holding on to her.

Eleanor is a long-time military wife (now retired military) and has made homes in a number of different locations around the country.   When I saw the Hometown line by Sweetwater for Moda... I knew what fabric I needed for her quilt.

In this photo, there are four towns where Eleanor has lived or lived near, worked, given birth, etc.  I've not done a closer inspection.... I'll leave that for the birthday girl!  This fabric will be the backing for the quilt.

Eleanor loves red so I chose all the beautiful reds from the Hometown line. 

I cut out the fabrics yesterday afternoon.... now I just need to pick up my machine next weekend!