I have shown pictures of this quilt over the last year at various stages of completion. Here it is, quilted and bound. Finishing this quilt was my goal for the month of April. This picture was taken last Sunday on April 29 so I technically met my goal.

This quilt was a scrap buster on the front and a stash buster on the back. I modified Mary’s pieced back idea and used up some large pieces of blue fabric that I had in my stash. Blue was the perfect colour for the back of this quilt as it was destined as a gift for my mother-in-law who has blue in her bedroom. Even the binding was made from leftovers–two different navy blues that I had on hand in my fabric bins. I managed to use up the last piece of batting that I had on hand as well–which by the way ended up being within an inch of the right length! I was saying little prayers as I advanced the quilt hoping that the batting would be long enough.

My mother-ion-law could not attend the birthday celebration on Sunday when we celebrated Matthew and Dana’s birthdays so I presented her with her birthday quilt on Monday evening. My mother in law will be 78 on Friday, May 4.