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My son wanted to make a quilt. We found a class for him to take. I had to be there with him because he was taking a class with seasoned quilters,(all in their 60's and 70's), and he was 9 at that time. ( Today he is 22). I believe the quilt He would be making was "yellow brick road". He decided his quilt would be a gift for his father and me. So, the quilt was queen size. He had no doubts he could make this. The ladies in his class were amazed at his skills, not being intimidated, and a bit jealous. See not one of them were making a quilt this size. They made baby quilts, wall hangings, and table runners. My son made his quilt and had it quilted for us. It is beautiful. With the fabric left he started but was not able to finish several more blocks for another quilt just like ours. It was to be for his bed. Many years have gone by now and the blocks had never been seen into that quilt for him. For Xmas 2015, I put those blocks together and surprised my son with the quilt. He was blown away that I did this for him. Now we have matching quilts.

I made this quilt for my husband. (I still need to add the binding) He is an avid camper and an eagle scout. I wanted him to have something warm on those frigid camping trips he takes with his scout troop.

The pattern for this quilt is called "String Bean Quilt". With the long rectangular blocks and green fabric, hence the name. This was a Xmas gift for a very dear person and his favorite color is blue. I found a selection of coordinating blue fabric and renamed it Crystal Blue Persuasions. The finished quilt is 75x90.

My husband is a civil engineer. Part of his responsibilities are the covered bridges in our area. He saw this quilt and wanted me to make him one to hang in his office. The quilt consists of a bridge panel that has been fussy cut into 12- 8.5"x8.5" squares, half square triangles and four patch units. The quilt finishes at 53x53".

I saw a pattern on moda's site called Pixie Sticks. It had several variations on the pattern and I used one of the variations. It was made special for my daughter's birthday. The quilt measures 80×80 finished.