This may not look like what you would traditionally think of as a wedding quilt, but my husband and I thought it would be perfect for our friends Maestro and Joy when they got married. Maestro is retired Air Force and Joy is still on Active duty in the Air Force. They have a little funny story, they met 16 years ago when he was enlisted and she was a young officer. The story as I heard it is, she would not date him because he was enlisted and she was a officer. Well all these years later they re-connected, he was now retired, neither ever married, and she finally agreed to date him!
Ok, back to the quilt! Back in the late 1990's early 2000 these panels were very popular! I made many quilts with them, taught panel Quilt classes, and was know as the panel lady in a few circles! I cut the panel into six different pieces and then put a border around each piece. I then made 4 log cabin blocks to add into the quilt.
One of the things I love about this quilt is the main fabrics are not what you would normally use in a patriotic quilt. I think there was only one star fabric in the whole quilt. Using none patric fabrics in a patriotic quilt is what I believe made this quilt pop!
I quilted a involved pattern in the long cabin blocks, (back of the quilt to show the quilting close up).
I always label my quilts, I think of it as signing my art. It is a great place to put a little note or memory. This is one of my favorite labels because I added a picture from the wedding.
