Yesterday I finished binding the new quilt and today I made and attached a label. It is a very pretty quilt but compared to more modern designs it looks quite simple. Since I very rarely use or display any of my quilts, it was a very easy decision to give this to one of our new neighbor's daughters who is getting married in July. I have met her a couple of times but I cannot say I know her. Her father is from Chester County in Pennsylvania and knows about quilting so he was bowled over when I asked if his daughter might want a quilt for her wedding. If she had not agreed, it would simply have gone into the stack on the princess and the pea bed, akin to quilt purgatory.

The lighting does not show the quilting well. There are feathered wreaths in the circular blocks and fancy feathered designs at the intersections of the blocks. The background is densely quilted every half inch in a diagonal grid and I chose to incorporate a scalloped edge similar to the edge on Kretsinger's Rose Tree quilt though I certainly don't pretend to  be a reincarnation of that well known quilter. So eight months after beginning the quilt I finished it. Hurrah!

I do adore that twisted rope border.

 As I suspected, I didn't learn much from my doctor visit yesterday other than I have lost 7 more pounds since January. I have a follow up appointment for an endoscopy in mid-April for which I have to get COVID tested and then quarantined. Our family friend who used to teach at Johns Hopkins always told us we could get better medical care in the East. That clearly depends on being able to get the medical care in the first place.

 Two major milestones today: I finally have my appointment with the GI doc and I finished quilting the large Kretsinger inspired quilt. Neither milestone is a complete action since the quilt is not finished and the doc doesn't even know me, but at least the milestones are past. I will trim and bind the quilt over the next couple of days so photos will be posted soon. I don't really expect to learn much from the medical appointment but any progress is forward progress at this point.