Redemption

I ran across some old pictures the other day and I starting thinking about the quilts I have made for my family.  I decided to do a little inventory:

Brother  - check
Nephew - check
Sister - check, check
Son - check, check, check,
Daughter-in-law - check, check, check
Son-in-law - check
Daughter - check, check, check, check, check, check, check, check.....etc. :)
Mom - check, check, check
Step Dad - ...................................???

No way.  I'd never made a quilt for my mom's husband, my kid's grandpa...my step dad.  It's inexcusable, that's what it is.  The shame, the guilt, the angst...

He has a birthday coming up, so I decided to redeem myself.  A lap size quilt is perfect and I chose a simple pattern, but it seems like it took forever to put the thing together.

I've been a little busy.

I used my masculine batik scraps, then found a nice white (ish) batik for the field.  I like it!

I got it loaded on The Beast (more about that name in a later post) during my lunch hour.

Then I tried to decide on thread color.  I was in a quandary.....

Yikes!

I finally settled on this brownish grey color.  I was thinking it wouldn't be too...hmmm....bold?  Yeah.  Bold.  Subtle seemed like a good idea.

Then I pondered quilting designs.  Tools?  That would be manly and fun.  Bears?  Moose?  Fish?

I dun know.

I went with fly fishing.  He loves to fish...and I thought the swirly-ness of the pattern would look nice on the rectangle-ness of the quilt.

I'm really, really happy with the result.  I can hear Grandpa now, he'll say, "He'ey!  This is the best darn quilt I have ever seen!"  He's a very positive and appreciative fellow.  I really do think he'll love it.

This pattern is from Quilt Sampler Magazine Spring/Summer 2011.  It's called Pave The Way.  I'm going to try it next in cream, green and black.

I'm thinking my sister might need another check after her name...!