the blue blog archives: resume quilting

My quilting's been on hiatus for a while since I finished the neutral quilt and the purple quilt. No idea why. I just found myself doing more knitting, that's all. But the itch has resurfaced and it's time to get quilting again. I've still got five finished quilt tops ready for quilting (including son S's rocket quilt from last year) and, coming up, two exciting new projects.

First, a yellow quilt for B, who loves everything yellow, including, it turns out, yellow fabrics. He was recently subjected to a full hour of shopping in the fabric store with me and managed to overcome his near-fatal boredom the minute I told him I would make him a quilt if he'd help me pick out fabrics. We put together this lovely collection of yellow prints - his favorites are the coins and the flags - and I've chosen the perfectly named Yellow Brick Road pattern for his quilt. The pattern has a fun scrappy look that I hope will work well with the mix of prints we've chosen.

The poor boy was trapped in the quilt shop for so long with me because I was searching for 40 fat quarters to make the so-called 40 fat quarter quilt, a class offered by my local quilt shop (you can see a sample of the quilt in the background of this shop photo).

And these are my 40 fat quarters: the full set of Anna Maria Horner's Good Folks collection, a dozen or so fabrics from her Garden Party collection, and some Kaffe Fassetts thrown in for good measure. I love Anna Maria Horner's fabrics and am so excited to have found a project in which I can use ALL of them! And I'm definitely keeping this quilt for myself. As long as hubby approves, it'll be going in our room on the bed.

posted by alison at 12:41 pm | in resume quilting , the boys get quilts

Comments

I love the description of dragging your son to the fabric store. To take my kids yarn shopping, I have to pre-plan my bribes (ice cream, etc.). I remember the days when my dad, a banker with the heart of a woodworker, would drag me to the lumber yard when I was a kid... :)

Posted by: Leslie at May 19, 2009 1:03 PM

Oh, I just love all of those Anna Maria Horner fabrics. I wish I was not such a novice at quilting - THAT would be right up my alley! It will be gorgeous, I am sure!

Posted by: Chris at May 19, 2009 1:29 PM

Gorgeous! B did a great job picking out fabric for his quilt. I have taken my 2 older grands to the LYS with me (to pick out yarn for Mommy for her BD from them & yarn for their own sweaters) & they really seemed to enjoy it. Of course, stopping at the ice cream parlor next door didn't hurt!

Posted by: Donna at May 19, 2009 1:54 PM

I love those fabrics. I always buy fabric with an eye to making clothing, and fairly conservative clothing at that, so it is a treat seeing how you work all of these bold, energetic patterns into a wonderful work of art.

Posted by: Seanna Lea at May 19, 2009 2:34 PM

Well that is a good idea to bring the boy with you.. I am making quilts for my 3 for christmas and the 2 girls are very easy, my son not so much plus the fabric at the local fabric store is definitely geared more towards girls.

Posted by: qutecowgirl at May 19, 2009 4:14 PM

I remember dragging my twins to the fabric store a lot when they were young. There were a lot of bribes along the lines of "If you're good, we'll go to _______ for lunch when we're done." Most of the time, that worked!

The yellow brick road pattern works up really fast - I've made several! The more variety in the fabrics, the better - I even made up and used extra blocks to piece into the backing, and have made matching pillow shams, too. You'll enjoy it! Now, I have to check out the 40 fat quarter quilt....Goodness knows I wouldn't have to search my stash too long to come up with enough! Thanks for sharing!!

Posted by: Kathy M at May 19, 2009 4:16 PM

"near-fatal boredom"... LOL! I'm *sure* he suffered in silence, too. It's good that he can be bribed with fabric/fiber products, though! :)

Posted by: Shannon at May 19, 2009 4:17 PM

I can't wait to see the finished projects!

Posted by: silverarrowknits at May 19, 2009 5:56 PM

I made 3 of the Yellow Brick Road quilt here: http://www.cbtinc.net/poetangel/knitting/quilts.html (pics on my old 'blog'). The green one (on the left) was my first quilt ever...and smaller than the pattern called for, as I didn't realize where 1/4" was from the needle on my brand new machine LOL

Posted by: Helen at May 20, 2009 3:22 PM

Lovely, Helen. I like that you've done some monochromatic versions. They look great!

Posted by: ALISON at May 20, 2009 5:02 PM

I can't wait to see the yellow quilt! And Anna Marie's fabrics are also so inspiring! I have found lately that I am also quite drawn to Kaffe Fassett's quilts and fabric as well. Have fun!

Posted by: Cheryl at May 21, 2009 8:39 AM

Oh, I love those quarter colors!!! Yours and B's. Can't wait to see the finished quilts!

Posted by: Robin at May 26, 2009 11:31 PM