February UFO Challenge

 I made it!  My February challenge is finished, and I gave it to my brother-in-law Dan last night. He was thrilled to get it.  The funniest thing happened when I was basting this quilt, Dan stopped by and saw what I was working on.  He loved the quilt, could not say enough about the colors and the pattern, the blocks, how it went together, on and on.  I just stood there smiling and finally said, "I am sure happy you like it, because this is your quilt".  He said "great I love it, when will it be done".

Moda Fabrics was coming out with some super cute panels in the late 90's early 2000, and I would rather have a quilt you can use verses something to hang on the wall, so I started cutting them up and making them into full size quilts.  One thing led to another and I began teaching panel classes. Some of the ladies that took my classes and some of my friends started giving me panels.  This quilt was made from one of those panels.

I can't be sure when I finished this quilt top, but I think it was 10+ years ago. Thank goodness for this challenge, I am finally finishing some of those tops I have been "aging"!

I wanted to try something a little different with the center panel piece.  I did a stitch around the diamonds to give them a look of being applique.

 In the small boarder I quilted loops, but in the bigger green boarder I quilted leaves. Over all I am very happy with how the quilt turned out. #allpeoplequilt