With apologies to Gabriel Garcia Marquez for the name of the quilt. Love in the Time of Cholera is one of my favorite books. This year of COVID has been very strained for everyone and has included other tragedies such as the wildfires on the west coast, many hurricanes, and plagues of insects. When will it end?
This top is similar to a quilt that Aunt Linda made and I quilted. See “Aunt Linda’s Dream Weaver” June, 2018. I admired it so much I decided to make one like it. It went together easily and quickly. The only problem was a SNP (upside down black sashing piece) which I fixed with gene therapy (ripping out the upside down piece and replacing it right side up). I laid out the blocks on paper towels to aid in the piecing. You can see the paper towels in the first picture. This technique works well. I used a “Grunge” fabric jelly roll to make the quilt and black and off-white grunge fabrics for the background, sashing, and border.
This quilt will be donated to the guild for CZU fire victims. I hope it is a bit cheery for the recipient.
- 68 1/2" x 88 1/2" Twin bed size
- Quilting: Quilted in a loose stipple with a COVID design in the center. Used off-white 100% polyester thread (Omni from Superior Threads-named "Light Tan"). Free form quilting. 9 bobbins. Quilting by Patty.
- Backing: Light gray and cream “screen” print from fabric.com. Wide fabric for a quilt backing.
- Batting: 80% cotton/ 20% polyester. “Comfort Blend” from WinLine.
- Binding: Orange-red grunge cotton print from my stash.
- Pattern: "Dream Weaver” from a MSQC tutorial.
- Piecing by Patty
- Pinned into frame November 18, 2020. Quilting on long arm quilter November 24, 2020. (Patty).
- Binding by Patty.
- QC by Spencer
Coronavirus in Center of Quilt
