Charity Quilt 2013

Once again, I've been working on a quilt to be donated to raise money for a special needs school.  This year, though, between having a long commute and working on a few other projects, I decided that I needed to keep it simple.

It took me a while just to find the inspiration fabric.  I eventually found it in a fabric store (Factory Mill Outlet) in Colorado Springs.  Then, I needed to figure out the design.  A trip to a quilt store in Pueblo triggered the design. 

I was soon sketching it out. Then, cutting it out.

I skipped a step, unfortunately.

And, unfortunately, it was a pretty important step: measuring.

I had cut up most of the inspiration fabric before realizing that I didn't have enough of the fabric to finish the quilt.  Because I hadn't bought the fabric locally and I didn't have the time for a run down to Colorado Springs, I had a couple of alternatives:  buy more fabric online, give up, or modify the design.  The design modification won out.

Here are a couple of photos of the quilt top, which is still in progress.

This first photo shows a close up of the inspiration fabric.

And, here is a photo of the top:

It isn't quite finished yet.  I want to add a border around the entire quilt, possibly up to 8 inches all the way around.  And, yes, the cream inserts are the re-design.