Twenty five years ago today, I was 18 years old – standing in a church, dressed identically to two other pretty young ladies, witnessing one of the most important moments in the life of one of the most important people in my life… the wedding of my bestest friend in the world – Samantha!

(We absolutely did not plan on having anniversaries in the same month… it’s just a good month for a wedding, I think!)

Samantha, and her husband Michael, had actually been together for several years before getting married (yep – high school sweethearts). Right now, the pair are off, enjoying a little anniversary trip to Jamaica.

But before they left, I made sure my anniversary present made it to them.

This is the big secret project I was working on back in August and September. I collected the fabrics a few months before (to match their newly re-painted bedroom).

It’s a mix of florals and bee-theme fabrics. And the background fabrics look black here, but they are really dark grey.

The block is very simple, and when you put a bunch of them together…

It makes a bunch of wonderful secondary patterns.

This is the biggest quilt I’ve made, finishing up at about 94″ square…. and it was definitely a slog to quilt and move around… even with Mom’s long arm.

So there won’t be many quilts of this size… but I think this pair are deserving of at least one!