This summer I participated in a Panel challenge with my local quilt guild. I made this quilt and really enjoyed the process
So I got another panel out of my fabric collection. This one was of a road scene with buildings and vehicles. I pulled out a set of orphan blocks and finished it.
I used additional orphan blocks to widen the backing that I had chosen. When my granddaughter saw it, she exclaimed that her nephew, my ggson, would love it.
But he's two, and I knew if I gave him a quilt, his four year old sister would expect one, too.
So I found a floral panel and finished it for her. She loves yellow, so I found a wonderful Moda Grunge yellow for the border.
Then my son-in-law (their 56yo grandfather) got sick, had surgery, suffered a cardiac arrest, went into a coma, and passed away.
Christmas loomed and I didn't know what to give to the older two ggchildren. Fortunately, I had given a dog-themed quilt to my local guild and was able to purchase it back. I planned to give this one to my older ggson, age 10.
I had a great pink/green/orange sampler top almost finished and I knew that my 12yo ggdaughter would love it. But somehow, it got misplaced. My sewing studio is small and fairly well organized, but that top just wasn't to be found! So bright! So almost finished! What to do!
My friends helped me search my condo for it and, although we didn't find the bright one, we found a small top that I really loved. I hadn't had it finished because I liked it so much that I wanted to make it into a larger quilt. So I dis-assembled it slightly, made 60 more blocks, and sewed the top together. A local quilter did a speedy pantograph and ta-dah, it was done.
My daughter went to be with her grandchildren for Christmas. I stayed home and took care of her dogs. They seemed to like their quilts.
