Why? Well, I guess it's just thinking of the person the whole time you are making something...saying prayers for them, and knowing that what you are doing will (hopefully!) bring that person joy.
So...here it is...only the SECOND lap quilt I've ever made! Item number two of five, or six, or seven Pay It Forward items. :-)
You can find the pattern here: Rectangles Quilt
This will be going to my friend Tanya in North Carolina. I hope she likes it ! I promised I would make her a quilt months before this Pay It Forward thing....so you other Pay It Forward ladies of mine, please don't expect a quilt! Ha. They take *such* a long time, which you are all definitely worth the time...it's just my crafty brain does not like to stick to one craft for too long. :-) Expect something equally as cool.
I used some fat quarter packs I got for Christmas. Fat quarters are 18" x 22" (a quarter of a yard) and often come bundled with coordinating fat quarters. I chose not to free motion this quilt, as I did that with the last (and first!) one I made because it was difficult for me to keep everything all flat so that there wasn't any folds in the backing fabric. With the free motion, you can push and pull and guide the fabric in every direction so you end up with a whole bunch of squigglies. You can also free motion pictures like flowers, paisleys, leafs, etc. which I have not tried doing, yet. So basically, I just quilted around each rectangle of this quilt.
This quilt has been kid and cat-tested and it didn't rip, so that's a bonus! ;-)
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