Little quilting assistant.

I just finished hand sewing the first four panels of Mom's memory quilt and her grandbunny, River, has given it her chinning of approval!  (The navy blue pieces are from her 52 year old wedding dress.)

Mom loved the ocean and since her clothes were nondescript, I decided to draft the designs of the birds and seashells.

Here's all of the panels laid out.  The appliqué is tacked down with school glue stick and needs to be sewn to the panels yet (one of each type is completely finished). The solid colors of the birds, border, hearts, seaweed, and shells are cut from the clothes of hers I had to work with.  The finished quilt will be 55 x 65 inches.

I have a lot of hand sewing to do yet and as this is my first quilt, I'm learning as I go!  It's a good thing River is patient.