Plans don't always work out

I had this big idea to take the scraps from the top of my mother's patriotic quilt and create a scrappy flag on the back, as I mentioned I was going to do on this post.  To make a long story short, it didn't quite work out the way I had planned.  A lot of it had to do with some of the fabric that I was trying to use.  I had purchased the fabric years ago before I knew any better and quickly realized how cheap and horrible it actually was.  I ended up tossing aside the horrible fabric and went and bought some Kona Navy to finish up the project.  I also decided to keep the flag separate and create a wall hanging instead.  My mother isn't one for flashy quilt backs anyway.  So, without further adieu, here is my mother's wall hanging.

There are 5 stars represent my mother's 5 grand kids.   I used up every last piece of this fabric collection and I'm truly please with the results.

For the quilting, I used a wavy stitch setting on my Bernina.  It's just a additional touch to the flag to help give it some movement. 

My mother's patriotic quilt has about an hour worth of work left on it and then I will be finished with it.  I promise to show it off when it's done. 

My brother's quilt is quilted and all I lack is burying my threads from the quilting and putting the binding on.  I hope to have that done in the next couple of days.  I have a nice 12-hour drive to look forward to for the holidays and I plan on hand-stitching the binding down to help pass the time.

I hope all your holiday projects are coming to a close as well.