Personal Quiltathon

I have three main goals for today. #1 is to finish this customer quilt. I have been sitting on it for a long time because quite frankly, I was scared of it. It is made from a wedding gown. Yes, a satin and heavily beaded wedding gown.
I finally swallowed hard and loaded it last night. This shows how heavily the beading is on the outsides. It was a pain to pin on and not damage the beading.

This is what it looks like now. I will finish this first today and then move on to other tasks.

This is a Christmas gift for my husband. He is gone and won't be home until early afternoon tomorrow so I want to at least have the center of this all pieced. I can add the borders at a later date:

I need to finish the center of this quilt; This is a pattern by Judy L.
I'll check back with an update in a few hours.