With all the flannel strips left from making baby quilts and pajamas over the years, Mother decided to make a couple of scrappy quilts. This is the first and the one I call "the happiest quilt we have ever made". You can't help but smile when you see the bright colors, especially the bright green and pink. The pattern came from quilts we have seen on our quilting shows, in quilting magazines, and from quilt pictures on the internet. Mother used a heavily starched muslin for the base of the strippy blocks. She wanted starch like she used for clothes when we were kids, something she declared we would never find. So, my first stop was Amazon, where I swear you can find anything. And found it I did! Amazon comes through for us again! This turned out to be one HEAVY quilt, worthy of a cold winter night.
Size: 53" x 66" Crib or Lap Size
Quilting: Loose stipple over the entire quilt. Used bright green polyester thread (New Brytes from Superior Threads). Free form quilting. 8 bobbins.
Backing: Tan plain flannel from Mother's stash
Batting: 100% Cotton (Warm And White)
Binding: Bright green flannel from Mother's stash
Pattern: As seen on various media-TV, magazines, internet
Quilting: Loose stipple over the entire quilt. Used bright green polyester thread (New Brytes from Superior Threads). Free form quilting. 8 bobbins.
Backing: Tan plain flannel from Mother's stash
Batting: 100% Cotton (Warm And White)
Binding: Bright green flannel from Mother's stash
Pattern: As seen on various media-TV, magazines, internet
Piecing by Mother.
Pinned into frame May 28, 2014. Quilting on long arm quilter May 30-June 11, 2014. (Patty). Took a week off for various doctor appointments and errands, that's why quilting took so long.
Binding by Mother.
QC by Spencer.
