A few weeks ago, my husband and I took a road trip to St. Louis for a friend’s wedding. The lovely bride graduated from the University of Texas, so that was the quilt request.
You can see the quilting a little better on the back. I just did straight line quilting 1/4″ on the inside of the white strips.
Close up.
I used Elizabeth Hartman’s New Wave Quilt pattern. It was a really easy pattern to follow and went together quickly. July was a really busy quilt month for me and this one almost didn’t get done! I was still stitching the binding in the car! Luckily, I got it done and had a great time at the wedding. It was nice to see my friend again and meet his lovely new wife. I hope they enjoy their new quilt!
While we were in St. Louis, we of course had to go to the arch.
Me and hubby at the arch.
It was HOT and CROWDED…not a good combination for me, so we didn’t stay too long. We were able to get some good pictures though.
Our hotel was actually outside of St. Louis in Collinsville, IL. For those of you who don’t know, it is the home of the world’s largest ketchup bottle. So how can you not go see that? It was cool, but a little underwhelming. Here’s a picture of me holding the ketchup bottle.
On the way home, my air compressor decided to die about 3 hours from home. It was the middle of July in the South. I think the temp was 103 in the shade and we had no air conditioning. Needless to say, the rest of the trip was sans pants. In spite of the AC snafu, we had an enjoyable trip.
