Rain Boot Strip Quilt

     I wait eagerly each Sunday for the unveiling of the Project Quilt Challenge.  This week I was hoping that the challenge would be something that I could do for a young lady that recently found out she has Cancer.  And when the Challenge was unveiled it was.  It was!!!  The Challenge this week was to finish a UFOS!!  If you have been to my home you know I have PLENTY of those!! 

     As I pulled open my ziplock bag bin of projects I found a few possibilities, but none that I knew were the one.  I then went to my shelf of bins.  The first one I pulled down I knew was it!!   It was this bin full of fabric that I cut leftover from a quilt last year!

 

     This is the quilt.  And a link about it! http://fosteringothers.blogspot.com/2013/12/rainy-days-quilt.html?m=0

    The fabric Simon + Kabuki by Quilted Treasure.  

    The quilt was cut out of 11.5 inch strips.  I had plenty left.  I accidentally cut 10.5 inch strips.  So I decided to make a new quilt design. I decided to make one long 11.5 inch strip for the middle.  Then two 10.5 inch strips.  Between those 2 strips I was going to put 5 inch strips.   On either side of those strips I put a black and white dotted 2 inch piece of fabric. 

     I cut the pieces going into the strips randomly.  The original quilt had a set pattern,  but I enjoy the randomness.  When I sewed the 11.5 inch pieces together they totaled 52 inches.  I made 4 strips out of the 10.5 inch pieces to be 52 inches long.  

     I then evened the 4 strips into 10 inch wide pieces.  Then cut 2 into 5 inch strips.  The 11.5 inch one I evened out into a 11 inch strip.  

     I then sewed the black 2 inch strips onto either side of two 5 inch strips and the top of another and the bottom of the forth.  This allowed the quilt to be seen together quickly.  

     I decided that since this was a lap quilt it was big enough without any boarders.    For the backing I used some Westminister fabric I bought a 5 yard pack of at Tuesday morning for a good deal(we all love those!!)

     To quilt it,  I used my walking foot and made a straight line on rather side of the long sides of the long strips.  In the 5 inch strips I have been practicing doing a circle swirl.  They did not all turn out right,  but I am excited to try them again on a big project!!

     On the 11 and 10 inch strips I I did a small gentle wave.  I think I need to practice on the evenness of these.  When I get FMQ I like to go fast.  But I need to remind myself to slow down.

     I bond the quilt in a green umbrella print that I only used in the center strip of the quilt.  This really brought out the green.  

     Today I am taking this quilt to Kayla.  My prayers are that she is wrapped in love with Gods healing.  She is a beautiful strong girl that I know will an asset to this world one day!!  You have this fight Kayla!!!

     I take my photos in places that relate to the person I am giving them too when I have time.  The area I took it at use to be a volleyball court where Kayla's mom played each Sunday.  Those days I thought about are now long gone.   The Chickens though enjoyed following me around!!