Loretta,
What an absolutely darling quilt!
Good job on your FM; I haven't gotten the courage to try that yet.
I like your label also.

TFS
Sally

That is adorable and great work on the FM. I just can't get it yet.

Geri

Loretta, what an absolutely darling quilt, your FM is pretty good too. I am to chicken to try. Good for you.

Rita

That is such a cute quilt and I love the striped backing and fancy stitches on your label. Very nice quilting. Your sons will love your dearly for the special work you have done on the quilt.
Jean

Thanks so much for the kind comments!

I had practiced FMQ on small sandwiches everyday for a week before taking the plunge on this quilt. I figured...WTH, it was now or never! And I didn't figure that the baby would make too many complaints about it! LOL

I also used Superior Bottom Line 60 wt. thread for both the top and bobbin threads. Because they are so thin, they are hardly noticable at all...thus making the mistakes not noticable without bifocals! ;-) (I highly recommend it to make your FMQ look good until it really DOES look good! LOL)

It is wonderful that both your children will have the quilt of their childhood memories. You did a great job.

Vicky

Your quilt is so delightful! Your FMQ is really nice also. I haven't gotten the courage to try it yet but you have given me inspiration.
Kay

That quilt is adorable! Terrific job!

That is soooo precious! You did a great job on it. What a wonderful gift for a grandbaby, and I know she will love carrying her choo-choo quilt around. Thanks for sharing.

I bet the family is pleased it look exactly like the original one they had great job!
Red.

Your quilting looks great. That quilt is just adorable. The smiley face on that locomotive is so cute.

How cute!!!

Don't lose the pattern. You may need to make another set of duplicates 20-30 years from now.

hi
that is lovely.

That's great and so is the FMQ.I havn't mastered that yet.TFS
Kathi

That is soooo cute. Your little granddaughter is going to love her quilt. I think you did a great job with the FMQ. I haven't been brave enough to try yet.
Lynn in MN

The quilt is really beautiful !!!!
You did a great job !!!!
I am sure your family is real proud for you and the quilt !
bopeep

Bringing this back to the top for Jen.....don't know how in the world I missed seeing this the first time around! This choo-choo is really cute!

SharonG/FL-IN-MI

I missed it too, although I don't know how. It's just adorable. Love the heart 'smoke puffs', the stripey fabric, the engine happy face, the heart on the wheel . It's wonderful.
~Geraldine

Look at that adorable face!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have tried FMQ and I thank you for the tip on the thread, I am going to look for it.
Beautiful quilt.
Rosa

Nice job! I'm so glad that you took the plunge and did your own quilting.

Annie

Oh, I remember this one! It's so cute!

How darned cute! I love the ric-rak train tracks too. And what a great way to create/carry on the family train quilt for baby tradition!!!!

What a darling quilt! And such a neat idea to reproduce your own children's old favorite. Great job on the FM as well.

Bonnie