I've been working on this sofa quilt (56"x56") for my god-daughter Kate Rose since her college graduation in May. Yeah, I know I should have had it FOR the graduation but I honestly didn't think of it. (She received a gift certificate from us for Zappos instead so she could find some nice shoes for job interviews.) But while we spent some time with her graduation weekend we talked about the apartment she wanted to find in LA and all those 'moving past college and into Real Life' things. I realized the colors and styles she liked earlier in her life were behind her. So on the plane back I started sketching out the quilt I wanted to make for her. Since then she's found a job with a PR firm in Hollywood and she's learning the business from the inside now. I'm so proud of her and what she's already accomplished.

I think she'll like this quilt. Her tastes run towards black & white, but her recent school colors are maroon & gold (Arizona State) so I included those too. She loves music and wants to make the music industry her world. We thought that might be hard to break into but she managed to find a job within a couple weeks of graduation. (maybe it was the shoes...)

There's a line from the old movie Harold and Maude that I've always liked: Maude says "Everybody can make some music. That's the cosmic dance." So that's what I've named the quilt.

The quilting: most of the quilting is glow thread on the top and metallic on the back. Thanks for the tip about using the metallic thread in the bobbin - it worked great. Rays from one corner, then meanders and some stars in the circles. Quilting around the border doesn't show well in the pictures; I did all that part in black thread.

Kate

(When I finish the pillow and fabric bowls to go with it, I'll post more pictures on Gallery. But here's one to show you the quilt.)

"Cosmic Dance"

and one little detail picture