I saw this bundle of fat quarters from Purl’s Cake Rock Beach collection the first day of my sewing class, and I promised myself they would be my reward on the last day of class. That was this morning, so the juicy bundle is in the orange room! Thirty-four fat quarters that I will be playing with as soon as I finish the Crete quilt. This could cause a distraction.
Archive: May 17, 2008
This is the pattern for my latest project. My stepfather-in-law, Ian, has a birthday in August. He and my mother-in-law Cora are coming over from England for July 4th, so I’m working on a present for him to have ready for their visit. They divide their time between the UK and Crete, so I wanted to try and make a quilt for one of their houses. They’re very into design, homemade things, and any artistic expression. He’s an engineering professor and she is a poet and artist, so I thought a geometric quilt would appeal to them both. I picked their Crete house and have gathered together all the fabrics to try and match the feel of their white and yellow bedroom. I was going to call this project Ian’s Quilt, but since it’s kind of for both of them I decided to just call it the Crete Quilt.