I was away all of last week with my Handi Quilter buddies. We looked at quilts, talked about quilts, and made some wonderful memories and plans for the coming year.
Yesterday, I chained myself to Errol because I missed him so much! At the end of the evening, I had a charity quilt for the veteran's home. The guidelines say 36"x42" and patriotic colors. I made my quilt from red, white, blue, black, gold, and brown fabrics. Who knew that my huge box of scrappy 2-1/2" squares only had 5 blue squares in it?
I basted the quilt last night:
It's small enough to easily baste on my kitchen table! I rolled the batting and top on old cardboard tubes to keep it contained while basting.
I plan to chain myself to Hedwig today and machine quilt the day away. Which thread would you use? I think I like Midas Touch (it's my go-to thread on the left), but I also considered Blue Heaven (middle) to add the blue that this quilt is missing. I pulled out Mudpies (right) just because.
Once you choose my thread for me, I plan to quilt it the same way I quilted the last Crate Quilt.
I still have enough squares to make another veteran's quilt.
I'll make that quilt the next time I'm in quilting withdrawal.
4 comments:
Better choose blue, then!
Blue
I like the blue 1st and midas 2nd. Just saying, since you have enough for another quilt you can do quilt one in blue and one in midas.
Will love to see the finished quilt. Susan
I think the blue will add just the right touch.
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