I got the pattern for this quilt in 2008 and had hoped to have it done by '09. Not even close. Then I had my "lost year," 2010, and got the blocks finished and the top sewn together, but not in time to quilt it and hang it in the fall, so it laid in a pile until January came along. I had to show something for quilt guild and just had the tops of several quilts. That gave me incentive to finally finish this behemoth and get it out of my hair. Funny thing - once I finished hand sewing the binding on the back side and looked at it - I liked it. I vowed at the time I was 1/2 into making the blocks that I would never want to make another quilt with so much applique. Ha ha We'll see.
