This is the 3rd quilt I made - at my DH's request. It is truly
his as I used scraps cut from his old jeans, shirts, as well as
leftovers from shirts I made him and a few purchased fabrics.
This quilt includes cottons, cotton blends, flannel, and denim -
and I will never make another one like it. (hehe) It includes
tying, hand and machine quilting. The blocks are all half-square
triangles set in a 'Barn Raising' pattern and is a king size quilt.
Because there was a period of time I started to hate looking at the
quilt - it took about one year to complete. I had only been quilting
about 6 months when I started DH's quilt, and there was one really
funny incident that I will relate. When sandwiching the quilt,
DH was not convinced that the batting would work (I used Hobbs
Warm and Natural) and he thought that it needed to be much thicker.
When I asked if he wanted a quilt or a comforter he replied he wanted
a quilt. So I told him that the batting was correct and to just wait
until we got under it. (teeheehee) He is very happy with his
quilt, and we are still enjoying it.
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