Wedding quilt for my daughter & son-in-law to celebrate their plans to visit all National Parks in the US.

This project was for a wedding gift to my eldest daughter and her new husband. I pieced, quilted and bound it all this summer. They were married Oct. 12, 2024 which is the same day my husband and I met in 1986. It is also the 1 year anniversary of my husband receiving his bone marrow transplant. So his new birthday!! So much meaning for us on this date that of course, there needed to be a quilt!! My hope is that they get to visit each of the parks during their years together and create a lifetime of wonderful memories. They're taking a honeymoon to a few of these parks next year sometime. So it went along with their plans first and foremost. 

About the quilt:  

I used a Riley Blake panel for the center, added a charcoal colored border on 2 sides, then surrounded with a border using Legends of the Parks fabric for a little fun. I added another charcoal border and finally a Mountain Majesties border. I mimicked the mountains on the wider charcoal border, used clamshell design on the green, Legends border. I made a pebbles design along each side of the panel to signify the paths they'll blaze. Then I quilted diagonal lines on the actual panel to keep it simple. The reverse side is a center panel of "Postcards of National Parks" fabric along with Legends fabric and Badges of the Parks fabric.