John's Quilt

When one of my sisters got her quilt from our extravaganza last fall, her husband asked if he could use it. Of course, the answer (knowing my sister) was, "Get one of your own!"

So when I heard this, I set aside some time and material to make a quilt for John. I don't really know him very well except that he likes red, blue and brown. I happen to have some of those colors in my stash - big surprise. I also have a quilt-block-a-day calendar that I've never gotten around to using so this gave me the ideal opportunity to use some of my extra material and experiment with a few new block.

I settled on stars for the quilt, picked out several different block patterns and went to work. The result was not only a lap-sized quilt for John but a smaller baby quilt made from a Pennsylvania Puzzle pattern and a small table runner that I just made from the left over pieces. 

The Pennsylvania Puzzle went to John with the request that he find someone who could use something that crazy. I'll save the other one for a gift - when the time comes.

Here are the blocks before they were sewn together - Michael arranged all the blocks, of course:

And here is the quilt once it was put together:

Here is the Penn. Puzzle quilt:

And this is the small table runner:

I did all the quilting myself - good practice. Each time I do a piece a large as John's Quilt, I swear I'll never do it again. But, it is quite satisfying to be the one who takes the project from beginning to end. And I think I'm getting better at it - I think.