The hazards of learning to quilt with the church's fabric is that you soon want to buy fabric and make your own quilt. I've decided to make a quilt for my grandfather and grandmother. They live in Wyoming and I think they'd appreciate having something homemade and warm to cuddle up with. My grandfather's favorite color is green and my grandmother loves red. Hopefully I can incorporate those colors without making the quilt look too Christmassy.
I haven't yet finished up the quilt for Bags of Love but I'll be adding the border this week and the top will be complete. Then I have to wait three more weeks before we meet again so I can receive instruction on finishing the quilt. I can't wait that long to start another quilt!
Hubby and I made a run to Jo-Ann Fabrics this evening and we purchased most of what I need to start on this quilt. I will be using all cotton fabrics as I don't yet feel confident enough to branch out into chenille or flannel. I picked out the fabric shown above. The store was almost completely sold out of fat quarters so we're going to stop by another Jo-Ann's store tomorrow night to buy those. Once I have the fat quarters, I can start cutting out the squares to piece the top. I'm really excited to start my own quilt, though I won't be keeping it. Maybe once this quilt is complete, I can make one for myself.
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Ooooooh! Fabric! (picture me rubbing my cheek on it! lol) I am currently working on a quilt for my brother and his wife, I can't post it though as he stops by my blog from time to time! To think about it, maybe that is what I will work on when I go downstate overnight, thank you for rubbing the joy off on me!!
It's a big job with nice colours and I am looking forwards to seeing the finish quilt:o)
Keep up the good work.
Looks like you've really caught the quilting bug! The red fabric is cute, I like those paw prints.
I think it will be near impossible for it not to look somewhat christmassy, but that's ok :) I can't wait to see it too!
Thanks, all! I'm really excited to get started, as soon as I can replace my broken iron.
Mona - I hope your quilting is going well!
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