My inspiration

Inspired by my cousin, Jimmy Miller (Patrick Miller in the opera world), I decided to blog my way through my quilting experience. He has also motivated me to try machine quilting and I'm going to do so on this very next project. Now, a little more about Jimmy. He and his wife are opera "stars" in New York. Well, I'm not exactly sure they are "stars"...but my family and I think they are and we are supremely proud of them. So, Jimmy is an opera star, quilter and proud daddy. After reading his blog, I decided to start this lap quilt project AND machine quilt it. So...here goes...