Homemade Riv Quilt

[Josh C]

My wife made me this quilt, all by hand, with most of my bikes on it. It took her quite a long time to make this & it turned out pretty awesome. I thought I'd share with my fellow Rivendell nerds. The wheels don't look lumpy in person; I did a poor job laying it out smoothly. 

A few close-ups to show some of the detail. 

[Shoji Takahashi]

That is spectacular; a labor of love! She captured great details in the bikes.

All the best, 

Shoji

Arlington MA

[Elisabeth Sherwood]

That is absolutely amazing!  She even got the fonts perfect!  What a priceless gift.  <3

Liz S.

Washington, DC 

On Tuesday, October 28, 2025 at 9:51:06 AM UTC-4 Josh C wrote:

[Tom M]

That is beyond awesome. Just so cool.

Tom M

Alexandria, VA

[tío ryan]

I love it!! This needs to be in the weekly Riv newsletter  

Wow <3 

[Bill Lindsay]

That's a good quilting project to the extent the end product is a quilt.  Those five embroidery projects that became part of a quilting project are really exceptional.  Doing all that by hand is bonkers.  The quilt part is no joke also, but the embroidery is straight varsity.  

BL in EC

[mm]

Really lovely! I agree, the Riv world should see this via the newsletter.

[Bicycle Belle Ding Ding!]

Well your wife is a treasure and a doll. Can’t believe she got her fonts, too!!! Send it to Will; she should be made famous in the newsletter for sure!

On Tuesday, October 28, 2025 at 9:51:06 AM UTC-4 Josh C wrote:

[Kim H.]

@Josh,

Wow !

Your wife's creativity is absolutely amazing !

Thank you for sharing. 

Kim Hetzel. 

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[Roberta]

Wow, such beautiful work. You can tell your wife LOVES you to the end of the bike path and back!!!  

Roberta 

On Tuesday, October 28, 2025 at 9:51:06 AM UTC-4 Josh C wrote:

[Eric Marth]

Love this! Very fine work, indeed. 

[JAS]

This is so impressive and beautiful!  Your wife's skills are superlative.

[Ryan Fleming]

Wow...that is amazing!I think you should send that to Riv...they would definitely appreciate it...what an awesome gift from your wife too!

[Josh C]

Thanks for the kind words, all. I really wanted to give her credit and figured this was the group for it. I'll have her read through the comments. I'm sure she will appreciate the positive feedback. 

[Patrick Moore]

I am impressed!

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[Julian Westerhout]

Have you shared this with Will and Grant at Rivendell? This is really special -- one of a kind and wonderful. Kudos to her! 

Julian Westerhout

Bloomington, IL 

[Danny]

I love this so much, such incredible work! Destined to be a family heirloom I'm sure.

Danny

Madison, WI

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[Josh C]

No, I have not sent this to Riv. Just wanted to share it here. 

[Sally Bidleman]

Just amazed by the creativity and skill! So beautiful and so glad you shared!

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[Matthew P]

Incredible. So so sooo good. I'm equally amazed by the skill and the gesture-labor of love. Thank you for sharing. This is one of my all time favorite posts.
-Matthew, Kumeyaay land

[Lucia Matioli]

WOW that's pretty amazing. 
What a kind thing to do!

L

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[RichS]

Josh, thanks for sharing your wife's handiwork and creativity. Outstanding! I would interpret the quilt as either functional or to be hung on a wall. The colorful squares line up with Rivendell's frame colors too. 

Best,

Rich in ATL

On Tuesday, October 28, 2025 at 9:51:06 AM UTC-4 Josh C wrote:

[Josh C]

Thanks again for the kind words, all. 

-Rich, she wants it to be used, not kept perfect (similar to how we use our beautiful bikes) so that pic in the OP is on my bed, and I've been using it for a couple of weeks now. 

[Greg J]

I"m astonished by the creativity and talent that people have. Josh, that is so special!  Also it speaks to Grant and team's aesthetic philosophy and sensibility - I can't imagine anyone being inspired to create a handmade quilt with a Trek/Specialized/Cannondale/BMC/etc. bike images.  (But someone will surely prove me wrong!)

best, Greg

[R. Alexis]

That quilt is nice!!!! kudos to your wife for making it. Really captured the essence of the bikes and Rivendell in the quilt. 

Reginald Alexis