For Shauna Harrison’s graduation from Stanford University in 2000
Started 9/1999, completed 6/6/2000
Presented June 11, 2000
The front has 80 attic window blocks that represent milestones, people, and the important things in her life. It has a light lavender border and a dark blue and black border. All of the sashing, border, backing, and binding fabrics have sparkles–she loves glitter!
The quilt took a year to complete–it took quite a bit of time to collect the items I needed. I finished binding the quilt June 4th and finished putting on the buttons June 5th. I managed to completely surprise her (kind of amazing when you consider the number of times she was home during that year!).
In addition, I wrote a booklet that describes how the quilt came about and what each square represents. I devoted one page to each square and included a color printout of it. While the quilt was completed ahead of time, the book was not finished until the night before graduation, June 10th.
