The story behind this quilt...Steve grew up in Illinois and his extended family still live there. During one visit to Illinois, the whole group of us went driving around the Illinois country to places Steve visited when he was little. If we were in a small town, I would spot the quilting stores (imagine that). In the first quilt store, Steve picked the pattern. So then I said I'd make it, but he had to help pick out material. So he would pick one fabric and I'd pick the coordinating fabric. At each store we stopped at, he'd pick one and I'd pick the other.
We didn't make it to enough quilt stores so we didn't have enough fabric. So when we went to visit his mom in Colorado and make a trip through the mountains, we stopped at quilt stores along the way and got more coordinating pieces of fabric. Soon I had all the fabric and had finished all the other projects previously posted... The fabric we chose, is all batiks ($$) and turns out is not easy to quilt on. Fortunately, Aunt Kathy to the rescue and allowed me to use her BIG machine. I did some fancier quilting (again practice). I also taught myself 2 new techniques: mitered corners and a "flange" border. The border sticks out a little, some call it a "crumb catcher." In person, the quilt is very striking...I wonder if I should show it in some quilt shows?
I also finished another bag. You would think I could throw these things together quickly and without mistakes, WRONG. I made a big mistake putting this one together. Good thing I know how to "reverse stitch." No one will ever know the mistake...Happy Birthday Traci!!! xoxo
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