I am excited to share this quilt. It has been several months in the making. The pattern is from a book by April Rosenthal called "
Bedroom Style, Perfectly Pieced". The fabric is Priory Square by Katy Jones.
This is a more feminine quilt than I usually make. But I do love Dresdens. They are paper pieced which allowed for the points in the middle to come together without requiring a center circle. Other than the very bulky middle where 12 points come together, it came together nicely!
This quilt is for my sister. I have now made a quilt for each of my 6 siblings. It was so fun and now I want to start all over to make them another one. I really did enjoy thinking about each of them as I made their quilts.
Marie is my oldest sister -- 13 years my senior. Despite the age difference, she has always been a great friend. I remember sharing a room with her when I was a little girl. I woke up in the middle of the night from a scary dream about the neighbor's Alaskan Husky, Elu (I have no idea how to spell that, but I remember the name.) Marie was so nice when I woke her up and let me crawl into bed. Isn't it interesting how we have random memories like that?
I chose this fabric line for Marie's quilt because it has a European, kind of old-fashioned, but still very modern feel to it. My sister lived in Europe for several years, another thing that upped her coolness factor in my eyes. She has a great sense of style -- you know, one of those people who can just throw things into an eclectic mix and make it look like it fits. So in some ways I was nervous to make a quilt for her, because she is so stylish. But I reassured myself with the fact that she is so talented, she can make it work.
While she was living in Prague, I went to visit. We had such a great time. We flew to Rome for a couple days, where I pretty much had a panic attack one morning in the crowded, stinky subway. She was so nice and understanding...I don't think we went wherever we were planning on going that day. At least not by Subway!
My sister now lives in Seattle, so I don't see her very often. I will be saving this until I see her next. I had to blog about it because I love it so much. I don't think she reads this anyway, so I have hopes that she won't see it online first! It is so much better in person. :)
What I learned:
1. Art Gallery Fabrics are very smooth -- loved the feeling of them.
2. One shouldn't assume they can find the right gray fabric when they run out! I only had 2 blocks left and I ran out (I was making a smaller quilt than the original so I had estimated.) I didn't know the name of the gray, searched the stores I shop, and LUCKILY found a 1/2 yard in a remnant basket. I was so excited to find that!
