This will be a lap-size quilt so Oliver can use it when he gets older. As I mentioned last month I've already purchased the fabric and chosen the pattern, as you see here:
The first step for me to make any quilt is to begin by assuring that I have all the supplies I'm going to need. I always have plenty quilting thread on hand, and I'm also good on batting, so that left the binding. I have been trying to make my own instead of buying it, but while I was spring cleaning I unearthed a bunch of purchased binding that I'd now like to use up:
Fortunately among the heaps I found enough off-white binding to finish off a lap quilt:
Now that I've checked off everything I need for supplies, I begin the process by pressing all the fabric I'll need to cut. That's this times twelve fat quarters:
Onto the cutting. Each fat quarter has to be cut into various-size strips, which I'll then mix up and sew together to make the quilt blocks (because this pattern is still being sold I will have to be vague about some of the details. It's an easy one that turns out neat, though, and I've made a dozen quilts from it, so I think it's totally worth the price.) I go slowly with the rotary cutter these days, so this takes two or three nights:
Stay tuned to see what happens next.
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