It has been a very busy week so far.  We arrived at our Colorado destination on Thursday afternoon and got settled in.  Friday I got to see my daughter, granddaughter, and my grandson for the first time in over a year and a half.  I also met my grandson's girlfriend, Callie.  They've been together for over a year.  I can't tell you how happy I was to see them.  I also got to see my son and future daughter-in-law Friday night.  They look great, but a wee bit stressed with all the wedding planning.  It had been just as long since I had seen them.  I gifted my Granddaughter, Dakotah, her quilt and she loved it.

 

 

I also gifted my son and his soon-to-be wife their quilt.  I didn't get a picture of them with it as things have been a bit hectic the last couple of days, but here is the quilt which I called collected and I quilted with loop-d-loops and stars.

 

 

 

The wedding is this evening at 6:00 and it promises to be a wonderful experience for all of us.  They had the rehersal last night and it was a lot of fun and a few tears were shed as they practiced their vows. 



 

I decided to piece the back of the quilt for my grandson out of more recycled men's shirts I had collected and I now have a pile of 193, 5 1/2" squares.  I estimated that I'll need about 231 so today during some free time I'll be ironing a couple more shirt pieces and cutting those up.  It will be the first time I've tried to do a pieced back.  Of course I'll posts pictures as I go.  This is the pile I have so far.  You can see a few from the shirts I used on the front, but there aren't too many of those.