Travis' Quilt

I have to confess; I’ve been on a bit of a quilting kick. I made almost all of the blocks for a quilt for my boyfriend before I went home for Christmas and then my Mom and I worked on assembling it while I was there. It was about 90% done when I left and my Grandma is sewing the binding on it today. It’s so exciting to see something that big and involved come together, which is why I couldn’t wait that long to get started on the next one, but I had to find a good fabric source.

Eureka! Yesterday Melinda and I braved the icy cold to go to a fabric store in Queen Anne; Nancy’s Sewing Basket. They have a huge selection of quality solids, which translates to my sewing heaven. (I tend to shy away from prints, preferring to make my quilt the print.) I went crazy and bought roughly 14 yards of fabric in all of my favorite colors (I really need to start branching out of my favorite colors). Melinda just kept looking at my growing pile of fabric bolts and laughing, but I feel I should remind her of her ever-growing pile of yarn in the corner of our living room.

The pattern I’ve decided to go with is the same block consisting of stripes of color rotated in a specific pattern so that it resembles a basket weave. I haven’t decided how big it will be yet; I guess that all depends on the strength of my character. My Mother’s 12 foot long quilting machine is no longer just an hour’s drive away. I will actually have to quilt it on my little Singer all by myself, which I’ve obviously never done. Probably the most logical to start small, but no one has ever said that I’m logical.