Again With July

Right now I'm quilting in the ditch and I'm not sure I'm loving it.  The squares aren't really the main element of the quilt per se, so I figure it's not really an issue.  I'm usually not totally sold until I see the full effect anyway; so in July.

A Sneak Peek

This doesn't get a full reveal until July.  But until then, if you look now, you can see part of his left elbow...
(geeky quote for Jenna's amusement, there are no elbows above)

Coast to Coast Admiration

Nathan Lindsey has been spreading the word about the Scrabble quilt. Amazement even from the opposite side of the country. Now we just have to go international...

Success

He has now opened it. And he didn't even have to pretend to like it...or he's the best actor in the world and needs to change careers.

(it even fits on his bed just like it was supposed to)

Safely There

Uncle Nathan has his surprise wrapped in some rather festive paper in his apartment. It is now only waiting on the day to be revealed. At some point he'll call and then he'll be allowed to open it.

Shipped and Gone

It will arrive Thursday. And I will be obsessively tracking it until I know Nathan Lindsey has it.

Ta-Da

Here it is. I may post more pictures later when I have Nathan's help to take them.
There are a few things I especially like about how it turned out. One, the quilting along the squares meant that the white spaces essentially became a little channel. The quilting distance of the whites (each edge of the white) is only .5 inch apart, so the white is held down tight, while the squares themselves are not, making the squares seem more poofy. I like that they stand out and the way it gives the quilt dimension. I also like my little label. It was nearly the proudest moment of the whole thing once I got to "sign" it. This is on the back in a bottom corner. With its inspiration. I pulled out the board and Owen exclaimed, "it looks just like that!" I like the look of the quilting on the back. It makes it look like so much work. (I plan on wrapping it so that Nathan Lindsey sees the back first and realizes quilt before he turns it over and sees what it really entails.)

Here's a close up of the back, well closer.