Quilt Along

I saw this quilt on Patchwork Times, and fell in love with it. I think it was the stripes that got to me. When she decided to do a Quilt Along, I had to join. Judy is quite the taskmaster, however. In order to do the Quilt Along and get the instructions, you have to actually do the Quilt Along. *gasp* Okay, I know I can do this. So, the first task, is that I have to show the fabric that I'm going to use. Here it is.



Don't you LOVE those stripes? I do. I got them at Quilt Taffy (FABULOUS customer service). Now, sssshhhhhh, don't tell Judy, but I might be using a different pink for the sashing. We were supposed to use fabric from our stash, but I found some fabric that I HAD to have, and might use that instead. We'll see. I will definitely be using scraps for the "toes".

Have you ever seen the Applepop Quilt? Holy Smack! The first time I saw it, which I'm sure was on the amazingly talented Amy's blog, I fell in love. Here's a picture of the whole quilt that Amy did. She talks more about it on her blog. Well, I recently found a quilt kit for it on eBay! Hooray! You know I had to get it. I also got the template that Terry recommended on her blog. I decided to play with it a bit, and here's what I came up with.



I used the fabrics that my middle child used in her quilt. Along with some fabulously ugly much loved wild pink fabric. I figured I can make it into a pillow. I can quilt it and see if it will, indeed, ever lay flat. Then I'll know what to do before I actually cut into the ApplePop fabric.

I finally finished up all of the 9 patch squares. I'm now just hyperfocusing on getting them laid out so I can get them stitched up.