Click the image for more information about the Bloggers quilt festival, if you don't know anything about it, it's actually really cool and a way for quilters around the world to get together, when so many of us live busy lives.
This is the quilt I made my husband. Up until this point I had only made quilts with squares. I had made some quilts with designs, but they were all squares. I knew I wanted to make the inch this design for my husband. He's volunteered at a music festival called ichthus and his faith is very important to him.
I was talking to a friend that quilted (much more than I!) and I showed her my square designs and she suggested I make half square triangles. Those were very new to me. But I learned how to make them and I think the quilt turned out quilt nice!
Our first apartment we lived in we used this as our "comforter"/bed quilt because it was large enough for both of us.
I wanted to give it to my then fiancé on our wedding day. But I forgot my foot pedal for my sewing machine and so I had no way to sew. I gave it to him about three weeks later :)
Ichthus quilt
Finished quilt measures : 82"x65"
Special techniques used : HST
Quilted by : Me
Best Category : favorite 2 color quilt, favorite bed quilt
Lovely quilt - and lovely story behind it!
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