Superstar
As I was completing Coriolis, using the Star Storm pattern, I realized I wasn't going to use up as much of the hospital gowns as I thought. (I'd recommend reading the entry for Coriolis to get the full story.) I assessed the fabric and realized I could get a second quilt out of the fabrics if I was careful. I had to add up the total fabric needed for each round, and measure the amount of each fabric I had, and match the fabric to the round that used as much as possible without going over. When it was done, I used:
- Black fabric I've had in my stash forever
- Yellow left over from a previous quilt project (one of the Phoenix quilts)
- Pink floral print from my late grandmother's quilt stash
- Bright multicolored striped sari fabric that Sean brought back from India
- Blue hospital gown
- Green hospital gown
- Blue stripe fabric left over from an old costume
- My beloved African wax fabric yellow birthday stars, my birthday fabric from London 2012 with a story
- Blue floral print from my late grandmother's quilt stash
- Purple fabric that's been in my stash forever
- Blue hospital gown
When I decided to do a second quilt with the hospital gowns, I started looking carefully at the rest of my stash, to see if there was anything else that I considered "special" or was holding back for some project. As I was rooting around, I noticed the box that had bits and pieces of my grandmother's fabric stash in it, and I wondered if I had enough of any fabric to use here. I discovered if I cut carefully, I could, in fact, use both the pink and blue fabric. I even pulled out one of the gorgeously striped sari fabrics Sean brought back, and the London birthday fabric.
Because so little of my grandmother's fabric stash was usable, I wanted to save it for someone in the family who is getting married soon. I haven't let the person know yet, but Mom will help me get the quilt to the person.
Apologies - normally I'd do a longer writeup, but I feel like Coriolis really covered it.