In case you hadn't noticed, boys are different than girls. :-) High drama always surrounded my daughter and her friends while the boys took most things in stride... until I made a fatal error.
As my offspring graduated high school and college I always made quilts for them and their best friends. So when my youngest finished college I made quilts for his two roommates as a matter of course. {Three quilts. Count 'em.} You'd have thought that was a sweet, considerate gesture. Wrong.
I knew the guys watched the games at his apartment but didn't realize part of the attraction was his quilt collection. Turns out they loved wrapping in those old quilts. Everyone had a favorite.
The arrival of two new quilts occasioned loud discussions of "who was most worthy." Each vociferously propounded his own opinion of who should have received a quilt based on
- closeness of their friendship,
- length of time they'd known my son,
- number of classes they'd taken together,
- climate of their new homes, and probably even
- phases of the moon.
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| Polka Dot quilt |
Look. The piano keys border is a single column of Chinese Coins! It reminds me I need to get busy with that project.
The back mimics the front in a simpler fashion using up some more leftovers.
The back mimics the front in a simpler fashion using up some more leftovers.
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| Back of Polka Dot quilt |
One of Freddy Moran's quilts had large cobblestone circles. {I took a picture but seem to have deleted it. Not only can I not show it, I had to remember what I thought the quilting looked like.} Anyway the recent applique ideas reminded me because they all doubled stitched each design without trying to stitch in the same place. I practiced that technique on this quilt and must say it's very easy. It only took a day to quilt. Plus a lot of thread. Multiple loops take more thread than you think.
Freddy encouraged us to include lots of dotty fabric which makes a festive look.
I bound it with a black and white stripe printed on the diagonal. Yes! Cut straight of grain but looks like bias binding.
It arrived at Great Debater #4's home last week and he loves it. Don't we all want a recipient who truly values our quilts? Lucky me.
Other posts about this project:
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| Detail of loose circles on Polka Dot quilt |
Freddy encouraged us to include lots of dotty fabric which makes a festive look.
I bound it with a black and white stripe printed on the diagonal. Yes! Cut straight of grain but looks like bias binding.
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| Binding and quilting detail of Polka Dot quilt |
It arrived at Great Debater #4's home last week and he loves it. Don't we all want a recipient who truly values our quilts? Lucky me.
Quilt Details
Size: 70" x 82"
Pattern: Polka Dot or Freddy Dot Com
Batting: Mountain Mist Cream Rose 100% cotton
Thread: Gutermann red cotton
Quilting: Loose free-motion circles
Other posts about this project:
- Fabric pull
- Drafting differences of Racetrack and Drunkards Path
- Beginning
- Borders
- Finished top
