Very cool and Congratulations!
Did you stay up all night staring at it in awe?????LOL
It is beautiful~worth all the time, effort, and energy.
Very nice, thoughtful design.

Congratulations. That's a lot of work and to be able to hang and show it is such a triumph. Good job.

Congratulations on finishing it.
It is beautiful and a very creative design.
It's a large quilt and you can be forgiven for taking so long to finish it...lot of work there.
I find that hand applique is relaxing but takes a long time to do.
TFS.

~Geraldine

Donna, What a great accomplishment!!! You're probably bursting out in song everytime you look at it. Fantastic job!!!!

SharonG/FL

Good for you! i have a few oldies I should dig out but nothing as gorgeous as this.
Theresa

Congrats, Donna! The applique looks great! Will you be bringing this for 'show and tell' next month at the guild meeting? I would love to see it!

Kate

I'm sitting here in my office/sewing room which is about 10' x 11' thinking, "OMG, it's as long as that wall." What an achievement to visualize and then complete such a project. Very creative and beautiful. I love the herring bone border. Nice work, Donna.

I love it, and the label lol!!!!

I was almost a native, dad's family was from Jacksonville and mom went to GA to visit and I came early lol!!!

My other 2 sisters are natives. You guys are rare you know!!!!!!!!!!!
Rosa

It is beautiful!
Doesn't it feel great to finish a longtime UFO? I am still trying to imagine the size. That is huge!
Linda OH

Great job! I also love the border. It took me a minutes to realize your are the designer. I really like the plants, can you tell us what they are?

Thank you all so much! It feels great to have it done. I finished the top in Nov of 2009 and it sat in the closet for 2 years before I got up the nerve to start quilting it!

Kate - no - it won't be coming to show & tell. Mark said now that it's up there it's not coming down! LOL

Rosa, that's too funny how close you were to being a Floridian! Both our moms are Florida natives, too.

Bev, clockwise from upper right they are bougainvillea, allemanda, crape myrtle, day lilies, plumbagos, some cute white flowers whose name I don't remember (!), crotons, hibiscus, and banana leaves. And palm tree blocks in the outer corners; those are paper pieced rather than applique.

Donna

Congratulations. A proud moment when that was hung I am sure. A nice tribute to your native state. Well done.

Wow!
I can tell you put a lot of love into designing and constructing that piece of fabric art!
Excellent job!

Is that a mariner's compass in the middle?

Julie

Congratulations! I like your design and your label is fantastic. :)

Well done! You inspire me to get onto my UFOs and get them finished

Kristene

Just Beautiful! It looks like a lot of work and a very time consuming project, but well worth it I'm sure. What a joy it must be to have your very own design on your wall.

Corinne

Well done! And beautiful, too!

You've given me inspiration that maybe the quilt I have sitting away in the cabinet may get finished one of these days??....

Robbi