The Wedding Quilt for Brandon and Raegan - too long for the Quilt Holder to display all of it
In March 2024 our grandson surprised his sweetheart with an engagement ring at Red Rock Canyon in Colorado, detailed
here The wedding was this past April, and this is their wedding quilt.
Inspiration photos
Inspiration quilt photo - if you recognize it, shout it out!
In order to surprise them, I decided not to ask about colors so checked out their registry and found the colors represented were teal, navy, sage green, and cream. With that in mind, I bought a few yards of new fabric and pulled from stash. I saw a quilt made with these colors on one of your blogs, and I apologize, but I cannot recall who it was. The pattern was Brightly by Cluck Cluck Sew, and I loved it.
Due to last minute health issues, we were unable to attend the wedding, which was in Tulsa. The wedding was at Christ the King Catholic Church, and reception was at the historic
Mayo Hotel in downtown Tulsa. We were a bit lonesome and depressed that night, but our daughter texted lots of photos and videos to make us feel like a part of it!
Quilting was delayed because of bobbin eyelashing on the back. After watching many videos and trying everything, I finally stopped ignoring the first instruction: "make sure your machine is threaded correctly". Yes, I had it threaded wrong - good grief! What a relief to get it going again, and I did a simple meander and enjoyed every minute of it.
I made a variation of the Brightly pattern for the twin size quilt and added a border to both sides to make it more a more standard size. Pre-laundering size = 74" x 94"; after laundering = 71" x 92". The border is a dark teal with gray dots, and the binding is Grunge. The backing is a pretty, warm sage-y green I purchased on sale at Joann's before it closed.
Rosie makes a perfect meowdel for these colors
It was nicely crinkled and soft after laundering
Raegan was so excited for the quilt and Brandon can't wait for it to turn cold to snuggle under it
Sammy with Papaw and Grandma (I was photographing our son photographing us)
We drove down south to Huntsville TX and delivered the quilt after a late lunch with our family celebrating the college graduation of our granddaughter Samantha (Sammy). She is our son and DIL's "baby", so it was an emotional day! Sammy is a very smart girl who has had a difficult past year, but she has a wonderful supportive family, a sweet and kind girlfriend, and she is on the right track, as we knew she would be. She has a job working with special needs children and wants to keep going in that direction. We are so very proud of her.
Sammy with Raegan and Brandon and her girlfriend Cate. She was so happy!
The last quilt I made for Sammy was in 2017. I found out that she loves pink, so I have an initial fabric pull and pattern planned for her next quilt!
If you've made it this far, thanks for indulging me for this long post with gigantic photos! I am very pleased with how this long-awaited quilt turned out and grateful that my new granddaughter-in-law and grandson are so excited for it.
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