Look, I Made a Quilt!

My throw quilt. After listening to me whine and gripe and obsess about it for months, here it is! A little anticlimactic for you probably, but a triumph over adversity for me. Oh, my ever lovin’ fancy word. I bow so lowly to you, quilters everywhere.

If you remember, I changed my mind at least twice about the design of the quilt top. I settled on this very simple half-square triangle composition. The fabrics for the quilt top are from a bundle of beautiful AMH fabrics I purchased many moons ago.

OK, so the back. I decided on a wonky double cross, which I adore. I’m not sure the turquoise is working but it’s on there and I’ll learn to love it. I had a limited choice of solid cottons locally and it was either this or a burnt orange. You wouldn’t believe (or perhaps you would) how long I spent just staring at them both against the other fabrics and weighing the decision. This one. No, that one. Nooooo…This one. Think I might’ve loved the orange better. Gah. (closing eyes, raising arms and letting it go. whoosh)

I do really like the binding fabric. It was a cotton I found in the aisle at Jo-Ann. Hand sewing that binding on the back kinda took forever. Lots of TV time.

In hindsight this process makes this gift, already so well-loved and appreciated by all of us, look even more sacrificial. Thanks again, Robyn. And now your quilt has a buddy hanging right next to it on the quilt rack. We use them every day.

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