Sam and Kelly's Wedding

My son Sam proposed to the fabulous Kelly in a London park the summer of 2015 (and got some unsuspecting strangers to snap photos and video of the moment!)  Lucky for us we have these great photos.  My daughter Anna did some photo color manipulation, and so I had the image on the right as a starting point.  I sent that off to be printed on fabric at Spoonflower.

I added some pieced fabric inserts, and the pop of red (on the advice of my friend Kim) which then became a heart:

I started some all over embroidery, and after a couple of false starts decided this would be covered all over with sunflowers, because Kelly loves sunflowers!

I did this bit of detail on Kelly's bag and then outlined the heart :

My daughter convinced me to frame this, rather than create a soft art quilt, and I think she's right. 

Mazel Tov Sam and Kelly !  To many many many years of happiness for my darling son and his wonderful wife.

Peace.

Wrapping Kelly in Love

I made this quilt for our wonderful daughter-in-law, Kelly. When we lived in California, Kelly spent many Sunday afternoons at our kitchen table with me and my sewing buddies - waiting for her boyfriend Sam to finish Tutoring for the day - so she knew what went into putting one together.  To make sure Kelly felt like one of the family (after Sam and Kelly were engaged) I wanted to make a quilt for her, just as I had for my other children. 

Kelly picked the pattern and colors 

Then I cut some random width strips, and started piecing

Once the blocks were made, I had Kelly help with the arrangement  (at our last California Thanksgiving before our big move)

I wrapped her in this love on my last night in California. Phew!  finished just in the nick of time!  (I'm noticing that I was wearing sandals, in January.  Yup, that's Los Angeles weather.)

Here's the back:

We are so lucky to have Kelly in our family.  Thanks for picking her Sam!

Peace.