I can take a lot when it comes to weather and temperatures. Today . . . it is raining this late afternoon and it would not surprise me if there were ice crystals included.
Thank goodness I have multiple tasks that I can turn to on days such as these. I hightailed it down to the sewing studio. Last week Dennis’ granddaughter sent along a huge tub of her son Oliver’s toddler clothing from age one to three years old. She is wanting a quilt made up of the memories that so many of the items evoke. First thing was to nail down with Amy as to what colors were to be predominant and the size she was anticipating. When I hefted the tub of clothing I was not surprised when she said it would be nice to have a double bed sized quilt.
At the end of this day, I do have the grid drawn out on paper and know that I will need 64 eight inch blocks for this quilt top for it to be 84″ x 84.” Keeping in mind the small size of many of these knit items, it is quite a stretch – I should say, quite the shrink, from working with knit shirts from my friend Burke this winter when he brought over his Vikings t-shirts. Sixteen blocks made the 84″ x 84″ for Burke.
There is no time frame on this project. Amy is having a little girl in October and I know right now her focus is elsewhere. When this weather straightens out, my focus will split between yard work and sewing studio work.