New Quilt From Old

The first week of this year brought an eight-hour trip to Oregon to visit my mother.  Actually, the trip was delayed and took longer than usual, since I was shop hopping to locate some fabric to help her friend complete one of her quilts!  I found a couple of prints in a lovely store in the heart of a rural Idaho town; though they were not exactly what she was looking to match, they ultimately worked for her project.

When I arrived, I asked what Mom wanted me to help with.  We planned to move her sewing room from the rooms on the main floor into the upstairs bedroom across from hers; we wanted to finalize the design on Dad's headstone; we needed to update and reorganize the photographs on the Grandchildren Wall; and she wanted me to recreate the pattern for the quilt design of an antique quilt fragment she had.

We got a lot done!  We spent one day with her UFO group and I worked on the quilt top design that day.  Yes, we visited the monument store and hauled furniture and fabric.  We printed up photos and organized the wall to include everyone -- even the Future Possibles.  She prepared a couple of quilt backs and I stitched binding onto one of her completed quilts.  It was a full and busy week, and I managed to avoid snowstorms both directions.

I like the way the quilt design turned out and plan to use it on a future quilt.  The baby quilt top is complete, in soft mint and a muted 30's reproduction print.  The print squares are 4" and the X blocks are 3 1/2" squares.  The original was stitched by hand.