Cosmos Quilt Finished!

For my March "Lovely Year of Finishes" project, I decided that I would complete the Cosmos quilt that my daughter-in-law had started some years ago. The blocks were pretty much finished and she had sewn almost half the rows together. I finished the rows, combined them, and then added borders. Finally I loaded it onto the quilt frame where it sat for a couple of weeks. Meanwhile I ordered some King Tut variegated thread in primary colors because I thought that would go really well with this quilt.

On Monday I got busy and quilted the whole thing with just a large overall meander. It didn't take very long (WHY do I procrastinate on these things?!) and then I machine stitched the first part of the binding. Then last night and today I finished the hand sewing of the binding and now I have another completed project!

Laura and Charles are holding the quilt up for me inside because it was too messy (muddy) outside to risk taking a quilt out there. You can just barely see the quilting on it in the black parts.

This was originally being made for my older son and he will get it if he still wants it (he was single when he asked for it, but he's since married). Otherwise it will go to the daughter-in-law who started it and who is married to my other son. Ironically it fits on our bed, but it's definitely not our style! Charles and I will both be happy it's going to one of our kids!