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My husband is loosing his prinicpal to another school, one year before her retirement... So, hoping against hope that her fight to stay would be successful, I started this quilt thinking I would save it for her retirement, next summer. But the political powers that be moved her anyway. So, here it is in two weeks vs a year... and after many changes from my original design.

First, the sixteen patch blocks were going to be on point. But thanks to including directional prints, passed on that idea since some of the prints looked goofy sideways...

Then the four inbetween blocks were going to be one giant square with two small borders, but they looked like giant holes, and "I'm bored with this quilt, lets just get it done." So, I decided they needed a little more attention...

So, I brought back the idea of on point.... did four patch, bordered with silk. Miscalculated by 1/2 an inch on those... had to add the 1 inch border.... but turns out, I really like it this way. YEAH!

I was going to use a tannish gold print for the outer border but it was too dull and washed out the quilt. Found this great purple which toned down the pink in the inner border...Cheap me used the extra inner border fabric to patch the backing...

Finshed Quilt: roughly 48X48