What do you do when you are waiting on fabric samples for the backing of the Irish Chain quilt.
You do some prep for your next quilt. This quilt is a wedding present for friends Bobbie and Ster who got married last year. The brief was a double quilt with Pride colours. We agreed on this gorgeous quilt pattern.
I tried finding the pattern and realised that the designer had passed away about 8 years ago. Using the EQ8 software I created a block, similar to the original. Mine is 10” while hers was 9”. I’m using 4 shades of yellow, green, blue, purple and pink, with grey and black for the sides.
For the quilt back, I wanted something that reflected them as a couple. They love board games so I asked them to give me a list of their favourite games. With the wonders of the internet, I was able to input the words and presto, a crossword was created. This quilt will take some time to make as the blocks are FPP (foundation paper piecing) and creating the crossword is going to be a bit challenging. I would like to have a thin black outline around each block.
I’m most likely going to dip in and out of stitching this with other quilts.
