I have had 3 bins of clothing for about 6 months now to make a Memory quilt for a girl at horses. I have promised to have it done for Christmas. You would think it would be close to complete. I did start cutting it out the week of Thanksgiving - thinking I would have 3 whole days to work on it Thanksgiving weekend. But... then I got the head cold from heck and did not do much of anything for a good week. Sigh. It is now December 6 and I really need to get working on it. I think I have a plan - there are a lot of jeans in there and I am hesitant to mix the various fabrics.... so I'll see how much I can get from them. I have cut up 3 pairs so far. I am saving off the not used parts. I think I can do 6 inch squares - and will need about 196 of them for a 'good size' quilt. Some blocks will be pieced and some will be whole. We will see what happens!
My goal is to get this memory quilt cut, pieced and quilted by the end of the month (ok, before Christmas!).
Wish me luck as I am really going to need it. Linking up with Elm Street Quilts and One Monthly Goal.
6 comments:
Oh my--that looks like a huge challenge--but I know that you will come up with a good plan and get it done--have your little 'fairies' cook dinner for the rest of the month and feed the chickens!!!!!
hugs, di
Oh good luck on this project--sounds like a whole lot of hours of work though...funny I just cut up two of my worn out pairs of jeans --their fabric is pretty light denim though--but they were stretch ones (hmmm we won't say why, right?? ;000) I am planning a crazy quilt table runner...
hugs, Julierose
good luck - glad you are doing it and not me!
Interesting how much we can actually accomplish when we have a short deadline. You can do this. Someone else can do the cooking, cleaning and shopping.
Oh, goodness! Maybe we should challenge each other, Deb. I've got a T-Quilt that needs to be finished between Christmas and the end of January. Time to go into hyperdrive!
Different fabrics make memory quilts tricky. Good luck meeting your deadline!
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