The quilt has been quilted...

...I must have acquired my ambition from my Grandma because she just doesn't quit. I arrived at her house at 10am, and she worked tirelessly with me until 5:00 (with only a very small ham sandwich lunch break in between). We put the quilt up on her quilt frame and then hand basted the entire thing to secure the 3 layers together. After we had it basted, we machine quilted it. We stitched in the ditch and got the entire thing done in a matter of hours. We couldn't believe it!

Grandma did alot more sewing than I did. We started out trading off after every few rows, but then grandma just kind of took over while I made a visit to cousin Julie's house. When I returned (less than an hour later) she was nearing stitch completion. We felt pretty proud of ourselves to say the least. I pulled all of the basting out last night, and next weekend I will go over and learn how to bind the quilt. Then it will be officially finished. This week I am going to ponder the design & wording of my quilt label, which I am really excited about. You actually have to finish a quilt in order to give it a label...now I'm in the quilt label club. Yeah for me :)