I had an idea in my head last week for a quick lap quilt for my Granda's birthday. He is the fantastic age of 93 today. I bought a lovely layer cake at FoQ last month which was just asking to be used to who was I to deny the cutting of fabric to be carried out.
I have no idea what the fabric is called or who designed it unfortunately but I do know that it from Robert Kaufman and it's lovely. I changed by mind about the design mid way through last week so by Friday I needed to go and buy some sashing material and backing fabric.
Saturday naptime I managed to get the fabric cut out, Saturday evening I started to piece the blocks until my machine fell out with me and stopped working. So I threw in the towel in trying to fix it and went to bed! Got up Sunday morning with renewed energy determined to figure out what was wrong with my machine so I did this
and gave it a good old clean. Hoovers out quite nicely actually, but no still no joy in getting it to do more than one stitch before it jammed up and refused to work. *insert a very stressed person, lots of shouty, growly, thumping about and threatening to throw it out of the window* But then for some reason I looked at the bobbin .............
I had been using the one on the left! It should look like the one on the right. No wonder it kept pushing he bobbin case out of the machine. So once that was sorted it was like working with a different machine and it was full steam head. So as daddy kept the dude occupied (ok they watched a dvd but it kept them out of my hair) I got all quilt top pieced. Another short nap time and I got the layers basted. We then went to visit my Granda at his nursing home. He was in fine fettle if a little confused (apparently he was going to visit his auntie!). We then got home and when daddy did bedtime I got on with the quilting, making and attaching the binding. I finished about midnight last night! But I'm really happy with it and what's more so is my Granda!
I did worry that it might be a bit too modern for a 93 yr old but he talked about it all afternoon apparently (after asking my dad if he needed to go to school today, bless him!). We got it home because I forgot to attach a label with his name on it but I'll get that done tomorrow.
4 comments:
What a great gift. No one is ever too young or too old for a quilt!
Oh Biff that is a beautiful quilt - you put it together so quickly.
That's a lovely quilt, my friend! Just the right mix of modern and traditional. And so quick!! Nice one.
Great quilt, quick work too!
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