Made good progress on the Purple Bargello for my bed... and then I attended Quilt Guild... They explained that the 'clothing' heading on Bring and Brag for next month meant to bring any clothing you had quilted. Well... I've always wanted to make a quilted jacket. I have notes and drawings and just hadn't come around to making it yet. Surely I can get a jacket made by next month's meeting. I put the Purple Bargello aside for a bit. I have enjoyed the Purple Bargello so much and I had extra fabric leftover, so I decided to do the jacket in a Purple Bargello. And while I'm at it, I might as well make the jacket reversible. So why not do something on the other side that I've never done before. I have a book on the One Block Wonder or Kaleidoscope quilts. Thought I would try that one out for my jacket too.
Picking the right fabric was difficult having never made one before. The book gives great tips, but you just don't know what you are going to get after you cut it all up. Cutting was a breeze. Sewing together was easy too, but you have to press every seam open before you can stitch the next piece on so it was slow going. But, the most difficult part is the layout.... so many options, has to be big enough to make the jacket, do I want to try to position things just so to end up in a particular place on the jacket? I may have to decide to just wing it and get what I get....
