For Mom...

This is actually the closest to the quilt's accurate colors.

 Apologies for the uneven color images. It was mostly overcast (and then, dark)

by the time I finished Mom's (Grace's) quilt, but it's completely finished now.

I haven't done any free-form machine "writing" before, but decided to 

attempt it on her quilt. It definitely doesn't look like my handwriting,

but it was fun to add a few important words to the quilt for her.

 I decided on the three words that mean the most to her...

"Mom"...

"Family"...

and

 "Love".

Nothing has been more important to her for her entire life. 

She sacrificed all her life putting them first, and

 (God Bless her), she happily took me in as one of her own.

Just so you know...

I'm just going to call her "Mom" on my blog from now on, like I do in real life.

 I liked doing the colorful medallions in the quilt intersections, too.

I hand stitched them and then machine stitched along the inside of the

shape with a little swirl in the center. I was going to add heart-shaped

buttons in the centers but decided to free-hand quilts along the outside

edges at the intersections. I thought that would be enough without the buttons.

 Last shot of the night.

Mom's finished lap quilt.

Today is my second session for Arlyn's Embroidered Envelope.

I can't wait to see how the ladies have done on their projects, and

we'll finish them all today. I'll take lots of pictures to share with you!

Have a great day, dear friends.