To Have and to Hold

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This guy.

I don’t think he knew that when he said his vows, that he knew it actually meant holding up quilts and not me… he’s handled my obsession hobby well, even though I spend quite a bit of time away from him and with Big Bertha.  I’ve been playing around with the idea of making Forrest a quilt since I started, and I had it all planned out.  A bookshelf quilt.  However, he then saw a quilt that Sarah over at Georgia Girl Quilts had made, and he said, “That’s awesome; do you think you could make that?”  Well, when he loves something, I run with it!  That night I bought a layer cake of comma and a ton of low volume fabrics that reminded me of his personality.  Then I stashed it away…  and stashed it away.  Today he finally has his own quilt.

I have loved the entire process of making this quilt.

And the back!

I had so much fun picking out all of the low volume fabrics…

See the ironing fabric… he.irons.everything.  I walk around a wrinkled mess.

Marriage.

I love the texture of the square quilting!

And, finally, a secret message in the quilting:

There aren’t enough words for me to tell my husband how much I love the way he loves me.  So, I made him a quilt to have and to hold.