Frankie's quilt

Okay Bacchus, take a good look, because I will probably delete this post after a few days. Here it is. It took a long time to load, so it is probably too large of a file. If it won't load for you, let me know. I'll mess with it and see if I can make it easier later.



Evan is jealous because he thinks it is a nicer quilt than his. It is. This one I started months in advance. His was a "I'm getting a new kid already?" speed quilt. I am sure he wanted me to say that I would make him a new one. Not now kid. I might promise to make him one if he gets married -- or gets as close as our country will allow. (On a side note, if they don't call it marriage it ain't marriage. Something that looks almost like a duck in one state and turns into an egg when you cross state lines, ain't a duck. It's a decoy to confuse and pacify us.) On second thought though, making quilts conditional on forming a relationship is not fair. I'll tell him he can have one for a graduation present. Whatever he wants, as long as it is in my skill level and doesn't include fabrics whose colors or patterns give me a headache.

This was the evil, quilt-as-you-go project. When I was putting it together I kept having the same thoughts. "This is stupid. No wonder most people don't do quilts like this! I'm never doing it again!" and "Well, now that I've figured this out, it's not so bad. It is a good way to get a quilt partway done and then allow the kid to make final design decisions. Maybe I will do another one. Next time though I will..."

The quilt looks nice from several feet away. I think it will hold up well. Anyone who knows anything about quilting will look closely and think, "What the hell?" and then say, "Was this your first quilt, dear?" I'm really glad that he picked one of the smaller patterns. Several of my blocks turned out to be too crooked (with respect to the backing) to be used. At this point I could make another three small throw pillows. I might be able to ruthlessly chop down the blocks and sew them into a baby quilt...

Ah but it is a quilt for a fifteen-year-old boy. He will love it.

I'm going to print the photo and send it to him at the group home.

He should be here in a week.