The subject of quilting came up one day and Penny asked if I would make a quilt for her and Paul.\u00a0 Together, we chose a pattern I was willing to make and they chose the colors they preferred.\u00a0 We all agreed on a price so I purchased fabric and began the quilt.<\/span><\/p>\n As I was machine piecing the top, they’re relationship continued to become more and more serious so I intended to present the quilt to them at their upcoming wedding.\u00a0 They each had discussed their impending marriage with me so I thought the quilt would be a perfect surprise gift.<\/span><\/p>\n They broke up and because Paul was emotionally and financially devastated, he moved in with us for a while.\u00a0 I put the quilt away until he got back on his feet and moved into his own place.\u00a0 I finished the top, then hand quilted it.\u00a0 It has wide muslin backing and lofty batting.\u00a0 It was hand quilted in the ditch.<\/span><\/p>\n Paul remains my favorite brother-in-law, though I seldom see him since he moved to Florida.\u00a0 I eventually sent the quilt to him in thanks for our close friendship.\u00a0 These are the only pictures I have of the full-size quilt.<\/span><\/p>\n Paul’s Summer Stars – 1984<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n My favorite (and only) brother-in-law began seriously dating a lady I also liked a lot.\u00a0 They were a great couple and after a while, moved in together.\u00a0 We visited from time to time and really enjoyed them. The subject of quilting came up one day and Penny asked if I would make a quilt (continue reading…) <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1020,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1282"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1282"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1825,"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1282\/revisions\/1825"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Paul's](\"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Paul-quilt1984.jpg\")
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