Wedding Quilt No. 1

This past June one of our cousin married a very cute girl and when we heard about their wedding colors (brown, pink, burnt orange & gold) we got inspired. And decided to make our first quilt together. I had been through the process once, and Jamie was well on her way, but this quilt was different--especially for me. We decided to go with a wonky log cabin pattern and after assembling fabrics from Jamie's stash (and a trip to the Purl warehouse), decided to tone those fabulous colors down with some linen sashing as well. I literally had no idea what I was doing, but Jamie guided me through my first square, and after completely botching it and a few others, I decided that I loved it. 14 squares later though, I was working like a pro!

Jamie's favorite square--I think because of the pig fabric.

My favorite square--because it was my first, and I somehow messed it up several times. See how imperfect it is? I just kept cutting off the bad parts and sewing on replacements--so much fun and non-frustrating. Swoon...

Many thanks to Jamie for hand binding the entire thing--as well as sewing the sashing, etc.

Our friend at work, Sherry, has an embroidery machine so we swapped her lunch for her help with the label--which we created in the same fonts and colors as the wedding invitation.

Anyways, here is the end result. We're having a little trouble parting with it. We actually finished the quilt within two weeks of the wedding, but it hasn't made it into the mail yet. Bad sisters! Hopefully we can talk J&L to meeting up with us in LA for a hand-off sometime soon...

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