April 10, 2023

As part of last Christmas’s 12 Days package each family received a colouring book with quilt blocks. I asked them to colour a few blocks and send me their favourites. Madison was the only one who sent me a photo of the block she created. So for her birthday “card” I decided to make the block for her.

I must have looked at her photo a hundred or more times both in the designing stage and in the actual making of the piece. How on earth I made such a glaring error I have no idea. But I didn’t notice it until I was well into the quilting and it was far too late to make the correction.

I ran out of basting spray so had to sandwich using pins. All my big quilting pins were in use in other sandwiches so I had to use the small ones. With my numb fingers it was a challenge to get the pins closed. Another challenge was getting the pins open and removed as I ran up against them in the quilting process. Tying and burying the ends was also difficult.

Except for the mistake I made I’m happy with how it turned out. When I started quilting I had no idea what patterns I would use in the blocks but as I finished the first bit ideas came to me. It is all straight lines but I’m pleased with the effect.

I used one of my own coloured pieces for the label.