Not all quilts can be planned out in advance ... my boss announced unexpectedly last Monday that she was going to be leaving the company ... on Friday ...
As a true believer that all life events are quilt-worthy ... I had some quick work to do. Off to the LQS and into the stash ...
I settled on a triangle pattern ... 1) I had never made one and 2) I thought it would be high impact for the time it takes to pull it together.
My new design wall got it's first use.
And I REALLY began to appreciate the opportunity to use a design wall in the creation of a quilt. It delivered way more benefit than I had initially imagined in the initial lay out as well as the ability to move things around so easily once it was laid out.
The finished quilt was 56 x 72". And looking at it from the the finished quilt angle, I can see that the design wall is only half of the opportunity. Looks like I flipped one of the rows when I pieced the rows together ... see those three white triangles lined up too perfectly in a row? [ sigh ]
The back was pretty simple ... used up a few extra triangles from the front so that I could maximize the yardage utilization .. 44" wide x 72" long made it a lot simpler. Sometimes I feel I spend way too much time on piecing backs -- that simply was not an option on this one.
The label simply wishes her well on this new chapter in her life.
Of course, not having made this before, I bought way too much fabric ... so I see another coming my way soon ... because, while it was quick, I really loved the color palette as well and it would go great in my den.
Signed, sealed and delivered ...
All the best,
Lisa