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A New Quilt Maybe

Nicole asked me about finishing the cowgirl panel quilt for Addie’s bed. Crazy girl . . doesn’t she know I no longer sew!  🙂

I think the cowgirl quilt is already a little young for Addie. It’s been almost a year since I finished the top (which means I added a border or two) and I’ve never quilted it. That’s what I get for waiting!

I told Nicole I’d come up with something for Addie’s bed so I began to play in EQ. It’s been so long since I even opened the program that I felt uncomfortable using it. That’s just sad! Nicole and I talked about what to make and I told her I wanted it to be something happy and bright . . something not so tedious that a Sharpie or a rip would be sad. Their Speck loves getting up on Addie’s bed and being a dog lover, I’m never going to create a quilt that a dog can’t be on. 

This is what I came up with . . you’ll see how it evolved and the final picture will be my working diagram.

Addie Quilt

Addie Quilt

From there I played around with borders and considered making the star points black.

Addie Quilt

Addie Quilt

Then I looked at the block instructions for the snowball-ish block, which EQ calls Meadow Flower.

Meadow Flower Block

Meadow Flower Block

That looks scary to me! I thought about chopping the yellow squares off and making them triangles, making it more like traditional snowball construction. That would make things a little easier.

Addie Bloc

Addie Bloc

But I didn’t like how that looked in the quilt.

Addie Quilt

Addie Quilt

I figured there had to be an easier way to make these blocks so I changed the sewing lines a bit and I think this is do-able and the look will be the same.

Addie Block

Addie Block

Then Nicole reminded me that she likes for quilts to be plenty long so I added another row at the bottom. Also, you will notice that the corner border blocks are weird. Because of the layout, all the border blocks but the corners have the colored part touching the inner purple border but the corner blocks have yellow fabric between the colored part and the purple border. That bothered me so I’m going to put a plain purple square there. 

This is what I’ll make. Because I didn’t want to go drawing in extra pieces or doing more math, the side pieced borders aren’t showing to be spaced correctly but what I’ll do is this:  The plain yellow squares in the top and bottom pieced border will be 5″ (as are the pieced blocks). The yellow squares in the side pieced borders will be 6″ but the pieced blocks will still be 5″. It will not be noticeable . . mainly because on the bed, you won’t be looking that closely at the sides and top/bottom border at the same time and, I don’t think it’s going to be that obvious.

I present to you . . Addie’s quilt . . and let’s hope she gets it before she graduates from high school!

Addie's Quilt

Addie’s Quilt

The colors are just randomly placed using EQ’s default colors. I’ll be working from the stash so it will be controlled scrappy. With the gold and purple, it will be a little bit “LSU” and that will make her mom and dad happy!

 

 

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  1. When first saw the quilt drawing, I only saw the first couple of rows. It looked like a quilt show, with the octagons as heads and shoulders and the stars as quilts! (My guild just had our annual show on Saturday, so I may have quilt shows on the brain.) Anyway, it’s a cute quilt.

  3. I love it and they will too! It’s just what you wanted happy bright cheery! Great job!!!

  4. You have a goal now, so that may inspire you to go ahead and get it made. It looks like it will be a fun quilt!

  7. This is funny. I have thought it sad that Judy would lose her love for quilting. And me,I haven’t been trying to get away from the downs- but we had a super weekend, the day beautiful outside, so I dug my stuff out to work on and couldn’find the rest of my fabric. Will look for it tomorrow and tidy stuff at the same time! But it felt really good just to handle fabric!

  8. I like the new Addie quilt a lot. She will love it, but in the meantime, you should quilt the Cowgirl one since the top is finished so she will have something while she is waiting for her bigger girl quilt. I bet she is still wearing her cowgirl boots, too.

  12. Like some of the other ladies said I think the cowgirl quilt needs completing. She will love it just like she does her cowboy boots. This new quilt is beautiful and It will be great with the colors you pick out. The design is great and maybe it will get you inspired to quilt once again soon. You do such beautiful work.It is great to have grandchildren…..They inspire you to do so many good things and think out of the box.

  13. the snowball blocks remind me of gumdrops; Purple, green, orange, lemon yellow, and pink. How seasonal and fun is that!!
    love this quilt.

  14. I don’t think she is too old for the cowgirl quilt, I think you should finish that one (a lot less work, LOL!) It’s adorable!

    • It’s way too small to be a bed quilt and even if I added a bunch of borders, that’s a lot of work for a panel. I’ll finish it but not any time soon.

  17. P.S. And by all means please finish the cowgirl one for her. It’s darling!!

  18. I love it! I, too, have been trying really hard to get back to quilting….darn life just keeps getting in the way.

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