Last Christmas we gave Taylor a quilt that shall we say was just a tad small. This summer while we were in Prince Edward Island we went over to one of my favourite fabric stores and we bought this.
I had asked her (as she tends to be a bit fussy) what colours she wanted in a quilt. She told me green, like an emerald green, well no not really but ........ and then I showed her the green from our bank logo and she said yes that's the colour. I asked for a second colour and she told me blue. Any shade of blue. I selected the yellow cause in the store it looked good with the others for the "steps" in the design.
Last week I started on the quilt. I had cut the pieces month's ago and put them in my "to do" box. The first attempt I didn't like. It wasn't working. The yellow was taking over.
So I decided to put that aside and try this......
Shoot, I didn't like that either.
I had to go out for awhile in the afternoon and while driving home I came up with this. I came home, took some blocks apart and put two rows up on the board. This I liked.
The top is done, ready for quilting. Its' getting simple quilting, nothing fancy. Her brother's replacement quilt has been delivered, so this has to be fast. It is also a case of fussiness and what she would like.
Of course I now have yards of yellow left over.
and a few blues and greens, but they'll get made up. I have plans for them..................
something much smaller and quick and being given away, unless Taylor comes up with a better suggestion.
The moral of the story is measure the grands before you make a quilt. You only have to make one that way, not one every year.
So I decided to put that aside and try this......
