I’ve posted occasionally on the progress of the quilt that Linda was stitching to commemorate John’s and my wedding last summer. Last week the finished quilt made it into my eager hands and I had to share.

The design was inspired by an art quilt by Liz Axford that I’d encountered online, one of her Bamboo Boogie Woogie series. And it happened to be one that Linda had actually seen in person.

If you stare at it long enough you can make out the little bamboo stems with their joints. It’s nature abstracted, but the natural rhythms still play out in the final quilt.

The back of the quilt features two intertwining bamboo stems made out of fabric from two shirts that we liked so much that we’d worn them until they were threadbare. Isn’t that the most romantic detail?

Thanks so much, Linda–We love the quilt and we’ll treasure all your love and effort that went into making it. The quilt will be hanging on the wall before the weekend is over!