Earlier this year, I set a resolution to finish an unfinished project - one that I've just been putting off for a variety of reasons. I told the ladies at Bible study in January that I was resolved to finish this project and then I waited until November to begin to finish it.
What is it you may ask? For those who haven't heard, here's the full story.
Glen and I had been married for five years, and I decided to make him a quilt. We chose an Amish design called "Bars," and he chose the fabric colors. This quilt is seven different fabrics made into strips and sewn together forming bars with each strip getting a different design quilted into it. Glen chose seven shades of green with a green patterned back. I finished the top in 1996, basted the quilt together, and then began some hand quilting. Different things happened ~ I can't even begin to explain it all. Nevertheless, the quilt was shelved for awhile. Then we moved west and I brought it with me. It's sat on the floor, on the closet shelf, and on my hope chest. My favorite excuse was that it was too warm here to lay this large quilt on me for working on it.
Tired of moving it around and cleaning all the dust off it, I chose to have my Bible study ladies hold me accountable for finishing my project. In November, the ladies and I went to our annual retreat and I took this "thing" with me. Now here we are a few days before Christmas and my goal is to have it finished and washed by Christmas Day. It's not done exactly the way I planned. However, it's going to be finished. I'll even post pictures when it's done.
Remember, I started this when we had been married five years. We just celebrated 20 years of marriage this year. My hubby is so patient. God is so faithful. I'm glad that I've not had to wait 15 years to see the fruition of some of God's promises to me!
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Update - 12/23/2011 - Here's the finished product lovingly placed on our bed.
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