Back when Kelli cleaned her sewing room, she ended up bring LOTS of stuff to my house. Â She didn’t want to throw it away and didn’t want to donate it either. Â It ended up coming here and slowly I’ve sorted through it all.
One of the things I found was this…
Apparently she had “half” made a quilt and then gave up on it. Â I asked her if she wanted it…she said no-it’s small and she was just done with it.
COOL!! Â Remember I have all those weddings this summer that I want quilts for? Â Well this is becoming a wedding quilt…well it might anyway.
As is, it’s not very big, lap sized at best.
I ended up digging some more and found this…More blocks. Â Nine more blocks. Â UGH. Â To my calculations I need 10 more with any hope of making it big enough.
I started hunting for fabric. Â I only needed on block. Â The light sashing fabric was the first one I started hunting for…
After a few minutes of hunting in the ice chest where I keep whites, I found it.
Then onto fabric I needed. Â I only needed 4 – 5″ blocks. Â After some hunting I found some I thought might work. Â The problem is that all the colors as slightly “off”. Â The green is more olive. Â The red is more tomato. Â The blue is more teal.
I got everything trimmed and then realized I need 2 brown square. Â UGH. Â These had to match. Â I couldn’t find the fabric anywhere. Â I didn’t have the best close matches either. Â If I was making it for anything besides a wedding present I don’t think I would care but- ugh.
That’s when I remember that this quilt was made using our disappearing nine patch pattern (Find it here) and that one edge of the quilt would have to be removed . Â When making the quilt, two sides end up not having sashing. Â I would either have to create more for the two sides or take what was there off. Â Being I didn’t have more brown, I’d have to removed it. Â That means I would have the two square I needed.
I was back in business and sewing again.
I had enough white sashing fabric to add a plain inner border and found a brown for the the outer border. Â So there you have it….a quilt top.
It’s not fancy but it looks good.
I’m so happy to have this finished. Â I found a backing already too. Â So next up on the quilt machine is this quilt. Â I’m going to be so happy to have another one ready for the upcoming weddings.
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Looks great – you’ve found perfect fabrics to enlarge it – you can’t tell at all which part was the original quilt and which part is new.
Genius! I am amazed that you figured out the pieces to make a cohesive quilt!
You did good!! Anyone should be happy and proud to receive this as a gift.
One of the things I most enjoy about your blog is that you are so resourceful. You seem to be able to find a suitable solution for just about any situation. I love this quilt and think it will make a lovely wedding gift. The browns give it a nice masculine touch. I can see it getting lots of use.
Some young couple will be thrilled to get this lovely quilt.
Good job of making a success story — er, ah quilt — out of a discard. You have the insight to see what Kelli’s half-finished project could be: a beautiful quilt for a new couple. I love that idea.
Wow Jo, you did good!!! I call these cuddle on the couch quilts. Perfect wedding gift.
Great quilt, Jo! When I was reading the beginning of this blog post, and you were searching for what you needed to make it bigger, I had no doubt that you would come up with a solution!! As another commenter said, you are very resourceful….just one of the many reasons I love reading your blog!!
Thanks for sharing!
Jo, I know you mentioned you needed more batting by the roll. Did you see that JoAnn fabrics has warm and natural on sale today, Monday only? I don’t know what a good price is but I believe it is $229.
Thanks..I just ordered one!!