It’s been years since I’ve made my mom a quilt. In all honestly, it wasn’t until I asked her what she wanted for Christmas this year that I realized this was what I should do.
Oh, and her response when I asked her what she wanted? “Not another damned handwoven scarf!”
Ok, then. A quilt it is.
This quilt proved a challenge for me because I stepped outside my quilting comfort zone and made a quilt with PRINTS! Yes, I’m a solids or batik fan. Prints have their issues. And, to make matters worse, I chose these cutsie prints. My thought was, if I hate it, she’ll love it.
And, she LOVED it! Once the pandemic is over, she’s going to take it with her to the weekly Bingo game to show it off to The Girls.
There are no pictures of it in progress, just these last few photos. I’ll update this once I find those old cell phone pics.
It’s just a large lap quilt, something she can snuggle under on the sofa while she’s watching TV.
She’s mostly blind, so she only sees these colors as blues. She doesn’t see the reds, golds, oranges, etc. My sister and a few others that have seen it think it’s as pretty as it is.
I absolutely LOVE how the texture reveals itself once it’s been laundered. The batting is Heirloom 80/20 cotton, the backing is an old secret from my days working for Schumacher fabrics in the Design Showroom in Boston back in the 70’s: RocLon Rain NO Stain cotton drapery lining! It’s sturdy, tightly woven, sateen finish, and SO easy to work with. This will give it the extra body it needs for long-term use. The binding is from the same fabric. It’s cut on the length-wise grain to keep distortion and shrinking to a minimum.
I also made her a little pillow that she can either scream into, or prop under her head when she’s on the sofa. I call these little pillows Screaming Pillows as a joke; but, also something to scream into during these trying time. 😉
All packed and ready to ship out:
Edited to add the cell phone photo of the quilt as it hung on the wall in the studio:
The 2.5″ fabric strips, below.
Progress shot:
Pin-basting the layers and trimming any stray threads:
Mom’s finished quilt:
And, the best part? I had enough to make Bryan’s mom a matching lap quilt!
