The Hubs doesn't check my blog very often.... maybe nearly never. Just in-case I wanted to wait to share this finished quilt until after Christmas. We are going out of town so we opened some larger gifts early this year, including this quilt. Now that it is gifted.... here it is.
Despite a slow start this quilt was easy to make, and almost fun as well.
I must admit though.....
During especially bad seasons ( 2008) I have begged my husband not to wear Lions shirts in public. He gets mocked. Often. It was embarrassing to be married to a loyal fan of such a terrible team. I guess I am more of a fair-weather fan....but I'm not really a fan of anything besides men's Olympic swimming. Anyhow..... I guess I appreciate his dedication and his unfailing support. And now that the Lions don't suck as much, it's easier...... except for the back and forth juvenile shenanigans that go on between the hubs and our Bears fan of a neighbor across the street.
Making this quilt is a tribute to my husband's dedication and unfickleness (which is also helpful in marriage).
After finishing this quilt I was so relieved! I went to my cabinet of wips and precuts intending to grab a charm pack and play around..... but I saw the bin of leftover pieces from this quilt. Upon further investigation I realized I had TONs leftover and could probably make more footballs. I ended up making 9 more footballs with the leftovers with only a couple of pieces needing to be cut from my plentiful fabric leftovers. So right now I actually have a smaller version of this quilt in my machine being quilted. I'm hoping to get it finished before Friday which will be the day spent packing our sleigh up for our trip east to the mitten. If I get the small "two point conversion"(hardee-har-har-har I'm hilarious right?) finished it will be my thirty-ninth for the year, and the absolute last of 2014. I finished my Swoon (#thirty-eight) the other day and took photos but our motherboard died on our PC and blogging from a tablet isn't too fun. When I get to my mom's this weekend I will share, and do an end of year quilt wrap up. I LOVE thinking about it!
After finishing this quilt I was so relieved! I went to my cabinet of wips and precuts intending to grab a charm pack and play around..... but I saw the bin of leftover pieces from this quilt. Upon further investigation I realized I had TONs leftover and could probably make more footballs. I ended up making 9 more footballs with the leftovers with only a couple of pieces needing to be cut from my plentiful fabric leftovers. So right now I actually have a smaller version of this quilt in my machine being quilted. I'm hoping to get it finished before Friday which will be the day spent packing our sleigh up for our trip east to the mitten. If I get the small "two point conversion"(hardee-har-har-har I'm hilarious right?) finished it will be my thirty-ninth for the year, and the absolute last of 2014. I finished my Swoon (#thirty-eight) the other day and took photos but our motherboard died on our PC and blogging from a tablet isn't too fun. When I get to my mom's this weekend I will share, and do an end of year quilt wrap up. I LOVE thinking about it!
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