Jean texted me (to my email) months ago with pics of her quilts and notes about them and I have to admit that I know so little about phones and texting that I had no idea how to open any of her texts until today. Seriously.
Here’s her message and pics – finally!
Hi, first I am going to send a pic of a quilt I made for granddaughter. Did this without a pattern. Everything that could go wrong did. I made the sashing/front binding strips 2.5″ by mistake. But I left them and I think it worked out ok. I just had an extra line of stitching on the back. But since I used shrine backing it doesn’t show. It will be used a lot so after washing you probably won’t notice.
Back. Ran out of fabric, improvised.
Next I am going to make this hockey quilt. It is 68 x 88. Grandson plays. No way will I ever be able to quilt it. So what if I made the quilt before making the quilt sandwitch I cut it in 3 sections. Quilt it and then put it back together with your method. Any thoughts? I won’t start it for about a month. I am in to hurry. As long as it gets done by October. Man, when I leave Florida for 2 months in Ohio my car will be full of quilts. Now I am doing all the Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas stuff. 4 kids and 8 grandkids – lol. Thanks for any input. If you put my pics on your blog. It’s ok.
Here’s the back of her quilt and I love how she improvised!
Below is Jean’s “Hockey Quilt” from a pattern by Kristie Marlow.
