This quilt has been a long time in the making. As scraps piled up I cut into them.
December 2013
I worked on it when I was between other projects. I paused for a while because I wasn’t sure what my finished size would be. Then as the quilt got bigger I dug deep into bins of fabric that has not seen the light of day in years.
May 2015
May of 2015 was when I decided it would be my gift to my youngest sister Tina, when her name next came up on our rotating Christmas calendar, 2018.
Because I would be shipping this quilt, and not be there when she opened it, I marked specific fabrics with safety pins denoting those that came from our Grandma Ellis’ collection. Because Tina spent more time with Grandma than the rest of us grands, I knew she would appreciate that I included several of the fabrics she might recognize. And she did!
Hard to get a feel for the size of this one but it is king sized!
And yes, I have hung curtain rods on the back of my husband’s studio where the sun is always good. This is the largest quilt I have photographed here. I had to add a longer rod as high as possible to capture this beauty. There are brackets for lap and baby quilts hidden behind this quilt. I can hang the smaller quilts without using a ladder but with this one even my 6’5″ husband had to use a ladder to help get it hung.
“Life’s a Trip”
also known as Trip Around The World
by Sewfrench
For my little sister Tina,
because she has taught us that life is a trip,
make the most of it!
Machine pieced, machine quilted
King size
105″ x 105″
2916 squares
many from Grandma Ellis’ collection
December 2018
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Sewfrench 
Lori! Wow, this is impressive. You make the most beautiful quilts.
Penny Nelson
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Thank you, Penny!
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I wish I had the talent to attempt it. Beautiful!
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You just have to start, Patti! The more you do ,the more you learn and the more addictively fun it is!
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This is really really lovely. Really cool that it has those meaningful bits of fabric in it!
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Thank you, Debbie!
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wow!
I bet you made Tina cry (with all the memories) when she received this!
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Oh, I am sure she did! You know you got a gift right when that happens!
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Absolutely beautiful! I love the memories that you have sewn into it. What a special quilt for your sister to cherish!
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Oh that is just fantastic! She will spend hours looking over the fabrics and having great memories!
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Stunning quilt! An your idea of using curtain rods on your husband’s studio is fantastic! I may just have to steal your idea for the side of your garage! 😉
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Scraps cleared out and a memory quilt, just wonderful! What a great idea for a permanent “quilt photo studio”!
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It’s beautiful in every way!
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