The Quilt That Took A Year
And then some. I know this quilt was an idea well over a year ago, and I am pretty sure that I have been cutting strips and sewing them into squares for over a year. And to think I hoped to have it finished in a few months! Ha!
My plan at the beginning of this year was to finish the quilt by Thanksgiving, so our family would have a big snuggly quilt to cuddle under during the winter. Then, a few months ago, I saw a request for quilts show up on the Craft Hope blog. A certain ministry is giving the quilts to children in Kenya. I knew in my heart right away that my quilt was meant for Kenya and a sweet child in need.
I have spent the last week working on this in all my spare time, to be sure I finished by the deadline! This afternoon, after re-threading the bobbin 3 times (the first time it was a nasty mess, the second made up for the first, the third to finish attaching the binding), I finally finished!
It is twin-sized.
Here is a close-up of one of the blocks.
It feels so good to have finished this! Can’t wait to mail it on Monday!
Well done! It’s so lovely, Gina. Thanks for sharing the pictures 🙂
Thank you!
Wow, that is beautiful! I am jealous of your skills. I have zero sewing ability!
I used to have less than zero skills. Some days, my sewing is still not so great! 😉
You did a great job! How nice that you are going to give it away. Sometimes I find that hard, since I spent so much on a project. Thanks for sharing. 😀
Thank you! I know, but at the same time, I have so many ideas of things I want to make, I can’t keep them all (or do them all). And I just bought a quilt kit to sew for our family, so that makes it easier to send this one off! 😉
Wow – I know how much work this took. Great job! It’s so generous of you to not only give it away, but to give it to someone you don’t even know…someone who will probably never thank you for it. Really, I admire you.
Thank you! A few times I wished we could keep it, BUT it warms my heart to think of a child snuggling in it. 😉 And…I just got a new kit in the mail, so I’m excited to start on that.
Oh it’s so pretty! I love how the squares are pieced together from so many different kinds of fabrics – textures, prints, colors!
Thank you!
I have made a few quilts. Well, I actually enjoy making the tops only. I then send them off to my grandma’s because she has one of those large quilting machines. I’ve been crocheting lately just because I don’t have a dedicated space to keep my sewing up and I don’t want to have to put it all away–out of little hands reach–all the time.
A large machine would be amazing! I know even some bloggers who quilt (as in that is their whole blog!) send their quilts off to be finished by a fancy quilting shop.