Y'all are not going to believe how I decided to quilt my Retro '80s Building Blocks sampler that I've been working on in fits and snatches since 2016. When I started this project, I was drawn to it partly because it would be so much fun to custom quilt each block individually... But by the time the quilt top was finished SIX years later (who's counting?), I just wanted the quilt to be done.
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| 85 x 93 Nanu Nanu! Retro '80s Building Blocks is FINISHED! |
I know some of you are in shock, wondering why I would take a challenging quilt pattern, make lots of changes to make it even more difficult to put together, and then just quilt over six years of blood, sweat and tears with an allover meandering edge-to-edge design. Well, I will explain.
Reason #1: This is a Bed Quilt, Not a Show Quilt
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| This Time, It Fits the Bed Perfectly |
Don't you love how the rainbow borders tie in with the Pink Floyd poster above the bed? And it's no coincidence that I have the exact same shades of blue, yellow, green, white and red in my quilt to match the wallpaper in the adjoining bathroom, either. I matched my Kona Cotton Solids Color Card fabric swatches to my handprinted Italian wallpaper in the early planning stages of this quilt! Once an interior designer, always an interior designer...
From his second birthday until he was 12 years old, my younger son Anders slept underneath his Mommy-made "Froggy Quilt of Many Colors." I finally took it off the bed because it was beginning to show some serious wear and because I thought the novelty frog print fabrics were too babyish for a middle schooler, and I promised him that I would make him a new quilt. Because I overcomplicated the plan for the new quilt and got sidetracked with lots of other projects along the way, Anders has been sleeping under a plain old comforter from Bed Bath & Beyond for the past 6 or 7 years, a comforter that was supposed to just be "temporary" until Mom finished the new quilt. Oh, the SHAME! I can't tell you how good it makes me feel when I walk past his room and see a handmade quilt on his bed again!
