sixteen going on eighteen

does this look familiar? it's not technically my project, so its not listed on my wip page.

i was browsing old blog posts looking for something in particular when i came across the post about d4's 8th/16th birthday quilt. her 18th birthday is right around the corner and we haven't worked on the quilt since the birthday two years ago when we started piecing it together. 

d4 (once my mostly sewing companion) is about to become a legal adult and will be leaving home for college in the fall (she just got accepted to her school of choice). i realized we need to get this quilt finished stat! one of the special features we worked into this quilt is that every member of the family sewed some of the pieces together at some point. everyone except d1 and two siblings that both happened to be home this weekend. i jumped up off the couch and found the project box for the quilt. now was the time to do it!

s2 was in town for a weekend break from college. we got him to add his stitches to a couple of blocks.

d2 was next. i grabbed her before she left to the climbing gym with d5. the middle siblings have now done their part.

we only had the last two columns to put together, so i made d4 drop her lazy saturday afternoon plans and finish joining the rest of the columns while i pressed, pinned, and handed her pieces.

the top is nearly complete! we left one long seam joining the last two columns to the rest of the top for d1 and r to do when they come over for sunday dinner tomorrow. we want them to have a hand in the making, too.

in order to get as much done as possible, i got d4 to make the binding. we picked that out two years ago, so it was an easy make, done in minutes.

i have the backing pieces ready to go together and will be doing that myself later this evening. we should be able to baste it tomorrow after d1 and r finish the top for us. we were already pretty close to a finish on this, and now i can taste it. it's about time! ten years is long enough.