A quilt for a grand daughter

Resting on my bed for the moment, a quilt for my grand daughter, Anna-Clara in London.

Last year I took only a cabin luggage size suitcase with me on my travels.  I plan to do the same this time so it will be a little bit of a challenge fitting this quilt in with my belongings.

This quilt has been a while in the making.

Two years ago our Sweet Peas group embarked on a row by row quilt.  We each selected our own theme and colors and then each member made a row.  At the end of the year your rows came back to you to make up.  Some of us took longer than others to piece them together.  I was one of those.

Being the star that she is, sister Linda made a row of stars.

Margaret made some lovely hearts in her row and Linda did some individualized quilting for each row.

I enclosed fairy fabric for members to use but some added more from their stash, like this one from Moira.

I added some strips with more featured fairies.

Linda helped me find some suitable border fabric and with some pretty amazing quilting on her part I am far more pleased with the result than I thought possible.

Just for fun, I found a larger panel strip of harlequin clowns and was able to use that for the backing.

Now to to fit the quilt into my baggage. I may have to provide photographic evidence that it is possible.