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When someone asks you to make a quilt because the last quilt you made for her is completely worn out, it is easy to say, "Yes!" I love it when people actually use the quilts I make for them. I had made a Double Pinwheel quilt for my sister, Dee Dee, back in 2000. It was one of the first quilts I made once I got back into quilting after putting it on old to home-school my sons for over 20 years.
It may look pretty, but it wasn't well made. I learned from my mother and grandmother back in the 60's so I used inexpensive fabrics leftover from garment sewing to piece the top, a bed sheet for the backing, and store bought bias tape for binding. It's no wonder it started falling apart after only 11 years! Not to mention I never told Dee Dee to wash in cold water with a small amount of mild soap and not to wash it too often. I've learned a lot since I made this one!
I had some Pineapple Blossom blocks from a group block swap I was involved in last year. I only had 24 blocks from the swap and I needed 121 to make a king size quilt. (I know. I should have made a baby quilt with these!)
This is another one of those quilts made from stash and scraps that "didn't cost anything" to make. (I still haven't convinced Hubby of this logic.)
The money I saved on fabric (ahem...) I spent on having my friend Angela from Quilted Joy do the quilting for me. She always does a gorgeous job.
400 inches of binding takes awhile to sew on.
But, it looks pretty all stitched down.
I don't have a design wall (or design floor either!) large enough to get a good photo of a king size quilt, so I threw it on my guest room bed to take a picture.
It turned out well and I hope it lasts Dee Dee a long time. Really! I hope you are listening, Dee Dee!!
Are you ready to hear more about the Pineapple Blossom quilt I've been working on after seeing the sneak peeks I have been posting? This started as a block swap last year with a group of friends. I ended up with 24 blocks but wanted to make a bigger quilt instead. It turned out to be much bigger! You've already seen the stack of blocks and some of them on the design wall. I wanted the quilt to look really scrappy and really random so I just threw the blocks in a big pile on the floor, pulled them one by one from the pile.....
.....and started sewing them into rows. I used 121 blocks (that means there are 1,573 pieces in this quilt!) in order to make it big enough for a king size bed.
I had to lay it out on my patio to get a picture of it because there was no place else it fit.
My friend Angela at Quilted Joy is going to quilt it for me. She does amazing work so I know it will be beautiful.
The corner triangles that were cut off to remove bulk will go to another friend, Wendy, so she can make a "something from nothing" quilt. There are a LOT of them!
I know whatever she makes it will be very scrappy!
