The Wedding Quilt

You know those couples who were "friends" for forever and then finally got together and started dating and then finally they actually do what we all knew all along they were meant to do - they get married.  Yup, we all know couples like that.  When we received the wedding invitation in the mail this summer for just such a couple that my husband and I have known since college, I knew that I wanted to do something special for them as a wedding gift.  When we decided because of life and whatnot that we weren't going to be able to make the long road trip to actually be there to attend their wedding, I was even more motivated to make a special gift for them.  So I decided to tackle my first big quilt gift for someone outside my family.  Yes, I know - I've made buckets of quilts by now but most of them are small/baby sized quilts and any of the larger quilts I have made, I've either kept myself or were gifts for my family.  A little intimidating, but them again, I do love a challenge sometimes. 

 After perusing our friends' wedding registry and picking my husband's brain and tons of brainstorming (i.e. hours on Pinterest and Instagram and with a sketch pad), I came up with a plan to do a half square triangle quilt and I picked Kona colors that were reflective of our friends' color tastes - Kona Iron and Kona Bahama Blue for the front of the quilt with Kona Mediterranean for the binding.  And because I had been dying to have an excuse to purchase Tula Pink's new Freefall wide back fabric, I decided to use some of it in the battleship color way for the backing on the quilt. 

 

The quilt turned out perfect and let's just say it was a hard one to let go of.  I added this special label to the back of the quilt wishing the newlyweds all the best.

Since the quilt was intended to be a throw quilt on the coach, naturally I had to make 2 matching throw pillows. 

Anyways, it was a pleasure to take a piece of my heart and passion and sew it into something beautiful that will grace a newly-wedded couple's home. :)

And yes...I know I'm a bit late on posting this - like 4 months late. =D