"Shadowed Framed 9 Patches"
This is the quilt I needed to make for the lady that asked me for one.
She had asked me for a quilt to cover a twin size/single bed she had in her home back in September. I had said I was sure I could come up with something some time - but no promise as to when. I had felt obligated to do so because she and her daughter (her daughter mostly) had given me second hand shirts for over a year - that they got from a friend who had a second-hand store. I had previously already given her a quilt, and her daughter, three quilts, so it wasn’t as if I hadn’t actually given them anything.
Right about Christmas she wrote me asked if I would have time to finish it after Christmas.
Busted.
Actually I didn’t answer her at first at all. I was pretty exhausted from the huge charity quilt push and then the Noble Packages. I didn’t feel like breaking any records getting this one done.
It’s quite long and skinny. Just like a bed. The lady wanted it to cover the bed. Not sure she actually has any plans to use it for anything other than an actual bed cover.
I wanted this one to go together quickly, so I chose to use blocks I had sitting in my sewing room, already put together.
I ended up making this one 50”x82”.
She had wanted one 48” wide, but I couldn’t get it to be that exact size. It is a bit long and skinny for my taste, but she wanted it just big enough to cover the top of the bed and a little bit on each side.
I straight line quilted it - a bit on the random side. I didn’t try to make all the lines exactly the same distance apart when quilting as I didn’t want to make it that difficult for myself.
I haven’t made the shadows on a Shadowed quilt in grays on gray very often, if ever. So, I did this time. I thought the gray would look nice with the purples, blues, and pinks, purplish pinks I was using in the blocks.
I did struggle with the wind a bit. I thought I’d take the opportunity to let you see the back. I made it from multiple pieces of second-hand fabrics I had in those colors (purples, pinks, blues) I liked how it turned out.
It’s an easy one - and I did share the block before when I showed the top here.
But here’s the pattern in case any of you need it. This is a fun way to use up blocks. I like the look. It’s simple, clean looking and should appeal to a non-quilter.
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