In the past, a friend of my husband's family has been in charge of making a 'prayer quilt' for each baby born into the family. For whatever reason, this time it's fallen to me. And she's not a baby anymore, she's nearly 2! And I have no idea what I'm doing. But we're going to make it work anyway.
So, family members are asked to make blocks -- using quilting, fabric markers, fabric paint, or whatever washable medium they want to use -- and the leader collects the blocks, sashes them, and makes a small quilt.
Because I don't know how many people are participating -- only how many people I invited -- and I don't know how many blocks people are making -- only how many I sent out -- I'm choosing to make one per person in my little family -- and probably one extra from the cat.
We'll see when I begin getting blocks back whether I need to make more or not.
(There's no size requirement on the quilt, but I do need it to fit in a grid nicely, and some numbers are easier for that than others.)
Here are the fabric bundles I purchased for my blocks (and some yardage that might be binding). Although I know the sash will be pink gingham (to coordinate with big brother and dad's quilts), I told people to use whatever colors they want. I mean it, and I'm leading by example!
My husband requested a fox, and thanks to a free pattern, I was able to accommodate! The fox finished around 6.75 inches -- and I needed 8. So I added a border, which I hope to use to include the name of the giver. I found the pattern on
craftsy (link goes directly to the pattern).
My toddler didn't exactly choose an animal -- but I offered him a choice of the patterns I'd collected and this
sloth was the winner. I did have to shrink the pattern to about 75% scale to ensure the sloth would fit in the block. I'll probably have to border it out with excess background materials to get an 8 inch block, but that shouldn't be an issue. Working at 75% gives me some painfully tiny pieces, but I'm almost finished with tiny pieces... just the claws left that will be itty bitty... I might simplify that into 1 piece rather than 3 each hand like I want to do, simply for the size I'm working in...
Okay, how seriously adorable is that!?
Doing a few blocks like this is appealing to my 'start but don't finish' nature. Maybe the next time I have room for a new project, I should work on something like this... just pick away at blocks until I have enough to make something... It could take years. But it's nice to feel like I've accomplished something so cute is such a short amount of time!
