Ready for gifting!

I’ve been working on a quilt designed by Krista Moser. When I saw the design, I thought it would be a good gift for the wonderful young woman our #1 grandson recently married. She lost a dear family member a couple of years ago, and she feels the loss quite deeply, of course. I’d heard that some people believe that the sight of a cardinal means that it’s bringing a message from a loved one who has died, so I decided to make this. I do wish I’d made it just a tad smaller, but it’s done now and will go to her in the next couple of weeks.

I used ruler work to do minimal outline quilting in the “leaves”  and free-motion curves for the white and grey pieces. The cardinal block has a spray of feathers in the background, as well as small feathers on the bird itself. I added red corded piping next to the grey binding to have an extra pop of color.