"Scott's" Quilt

Last spring, I decided to make a quilt for my husband, Scott. We have very different tastes in blankets, he likes to be hot, I like a light blanket, so we will each get our preferred quilt style, but matching. Cool idea, right? Bonus, no tug of war over the blankets! Best marriage advice ever- separate blankets.

In any case, he was a big part of choosing the design, the colours, the fabric. Being married to an abstract painter really comes in handy when designing a quilt. At some point we agreed on a quilt based on straight-edge whirlygigs:
http://pitterputterstitch.blogspot.ca/2010/08/straight-edge-whirligig-block.html

Although we knew there would need to be more neutral space for the eye to rest. I pieced it and the backing in the spring, and brought it half way across the country to begin hand-quilting it. Nothing fancy in the quilting, just stitch in the ditch, 8" apart. I used a lovely batting, part bamboo/part cotton, so it doesn't need a ton of quilting and I didn't want it to end up too stiff.

So there was no surprise to Scott that he was getting a quilt- what was a surprise was getting it in time for christmas! I worked on it whenever he was out of town for work, and even kicked him out of the house one day when time was getting tight. He was really excited to open it christmas eve, and I was so proud to give it to him!

Christmas morning I woke up first, got dressed, looked down- and to my horror saw poor Scott's cold feet sticking out! I'd made the quilt too short!!! I'd measured to his height, but forgot bunch up at the neck space! He tried it a couple more nights, but after I saw him sleeping with his old comforter on TOP of his quilt, I knew it was not warm enough. So I tried it. I'm shorter, and like it cooler so....


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