Jack and Benny (2025)

Here's my last finished and gifted quilt for 2025! Our dear friends Jeff & Kelly waited a long time for a special quilt. 

Neutral Jack and Benny quilt

In fact, they waited so long, I don't think they were expecting it at all. Lots of hugs, maybe some tears, and it went right to their bed. 

Holiday snacks, beverages and a surprise!

Gray grunge backing and striped bias binding. 

I had been collecting gray and beige fat quarters for a while knowing I wanted something to coordinate with their decor. I just couldn't settle on a pattern. So much overthinking....

I love the little stripe for the binding.  

I stumbled across Annemarie's neutral version of her Jack and Benny quilt on Instagram and knew immediately I was going to straight up copy her design. 

Annemarie Chaney's neutral Jack and Benny (Instagram)

    

Hmmmm something's not right....

Of course I was scrambling to finish in time for Christmas and was so excited to finish the top. I snapped a pic to text Hubs. Thank goodness I did. 😕

So Jack (the ripper) and I spent quite a bit of time together after that. Six.  That's the number of blocks I had to take apart to fix those two up there.  😩  After that, it was a dash to Donna for a longarm spa day. It's a special friend that will drop everything and quilt for you in December. 💕

Vanilla Grunge background ⭐⭐⭐

Sadly, I was in such a scramble, I didn't take any photos (again) before it was gifted. Would it be rude to show up on a sunny day to stage a photo shoot? Probably. They won't mind. 

The pattern is Jack and Benny by Annemarie Chaney and finished at 84" square. Thanks for a great pattern Annemarie!

Piece...

~ Cheryl

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