Over the last couple of months I've been working on small projects. It's been a fun ride and there's plenty more small projects to finish but I'm ready to move onto a larger project. My Bumpkin Baskets quilt has been waiting patiently for about two months.
The backing was loaded to the frame. Then the quilting design plan began. I spent many hours over a few days working on a quilting plan. Drawing designs, erasing designs and not having any fun. At the end of the day three or four (I lost count) it was time to toss in the towel, put this gal in the UFO storage and find a different quilt to finish. The problem is I LOVE the Bumpkin Baskets quilt top. This LOVE of the quilt top puts a lot of pressure on the quilting design. What I need is a quilt top I don't love and don't care if I love the quilting design
A quick dig in the UFO quilt tops and.... a Strawberry Shortcake quilt top is perfect. I'm not a fan of novelty prints or the color purple. She's cute but didn't make my heart go pitter-pat. I'm sure some little girl will love having her on their bed.
How old is this quilt top? 13 yrs old. The top was started on April 21, 2012 and finished on April 24, 2012. Wow! That's a quick quilt top! Obviously, I had more time and energy 13 yrs. ago.
At the time of making this quilt my youngest child had just finished high school, and my fabric stash was a small bookshelf that was 24 x 32. All of my fabric stash was Walmart fabrics and Goodwill sheets.
The fabrics in this quilt were free. Even the white muslin background. It was gifted to me from an 81 yr. old quilter (a friend of my mom) who was happy and excited to share her years of stash building and quilting knowledge with a younger quilter, me. She changed my quilting life with the gift of a 55-gallon bag of fabric and a bolt of white muslin. All from her fabric stash.
I may not love the prints in this quilt, but I do love its story. I feel a little pitter-pat as the quilting begins.💗💗
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