Barn Raising Quilt

Hello!  We just got back from a great family reunion in Iowa - where all my Dutch farmer family lives - and in less than 48 hours, we'll be headed on our next family adventure to a wedding in Nevada.  But I thought I'd pop in and show the quilt that I was working feverishly to finish last week.

 This quilt started as a block/fabric exchange in my guild.  We were to bring 20 5" square blocks to randomly exchange.  I knew I wanted floral, so I picked through the bags in the box.  That got me started.  Then I looked through The Stash and picked out every fabric that had a flower on it.  Any kind of flower and any size.  I then got about cutting the 2.5" squares.  The cream is a tone on tone that I picked up on clearance many moons ago as part of a kit - I just wanted the fabric.  A total of 46 different fabrics are in this quilt.
The pattern can be found on Moda Bake Shop here. 

 Unfortunately I didn't get pictures of the rest of the guild quilts.  The were wonderful.  The back is something off the clearance rack at the LQS.  Pretty pink.

 I quilted in loose flowers linked together.  They kind of look like something a child would draw.  But it gives me total freedom then in size and shape.  No two are alike.

 As I was piecing the top I wasn't sure what I was going to do with this, but then I decided that since we were celebrating my Grandmother's 96th birthday, I should give it to her!  She has made at least one, if not two quilts (or more) for each of her family members over the years, I thought I should give one back to her!

There will for sure be another long blog break as our whole family heads to Nevada for my sister's wedding.  Four kids on a plane - for the first time.  Pray for us!