We spent the weekend in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan for the wedding of Stacy Cole and Tami Roberts Calvary.  Mornings are chilly most fall days, but the leaves are turning.  Their camp was the perfect location for their wedding.

Last year Stacy had mentioned that they needed one of my quilts for their camp.   Like most quilters, I kept that in the back of my mind.  You know, not the quilt I need to make next.  But coming up with ideas, using my mind’s eye because there was no pattern for this quilt.

In late July,  I started building their cabin.  Look closely at my I-pad.   I used a picture that Stacy had posted on-line for details.   The cabin is pieced and collaged.  By this time I knew the wedding date and had a deadline.

I had enough of the cabin done that I  hung it on my idea wall with some blue sky behind it and started pinning trees around the cabin.

 

The backing was finally done with sky, grassy area, and the lake.    The size was rather odd at this point and I decided I needed to add blocks around the collage.  I chose log cabin blocks in blues and greens.

Had to add wildlife.  I fussy cut this fella so he could peek out from behind a tree. A buck and a doe are near the waters edge. I also put fish near the cattails next to the dock.

 Over the Labor Day weekend, I finished the top.   Now to bring it back home to quilt.

I quilted it on my Sweet Sixteen, making sure to get a stitch in every little piece of fabric be it a leaf or fish.

Quilted and binding on.  Lighting isn’t good, but we were loading up our camper and heading to the wedding, so this is the best I’ve got.  It was the perfect wedding gift.