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WIP Wednesday...Marigold and Gray Wedding Treasure

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Over a year ago a friend asked me to make her wedding quilt.  For their guestbook they had friends and family sign squares of fabric for a later project. I was and still am honored to work on this project. She gave me the squares and freedom to create. Here are a few pictures of her decor from the wedding that helped with my inspiration. These two photos were taken by    Richard Haick Photography.  It was beautiful!  I took the rich gold and the antique white of an old book to add to the yellow and gray of her squares.  She asked for king size so I needed a layout that would allow for more blocks.  I went with stars...I really like stars :) I've been holding off on finishing the piecing because it lacks one yellow square. I decided to put in a blank one of my own so she can write on it later.  It still was not king size so I added a thin cream border and a large marigold print border. I'm working on making this a finish so that she and her husband can