Armstrong, BC has a fabulous quilt shop and they have the most amazing flannel! I have not name an all flannel quilt yet, and I loved all these wacky bright fabrics. I bought a big stack of them and added a few more for good measure. The wonderful easy and fun disappearing 9 patch is the pattern. I love this warm quilt in our always cool TV room.
The weekend we got back from San Diego in April we went to the Vermillion, Alberta quilt show. As part of the show the local shop was offering up a nice discount if you had been at the show. I have yet to make either parent a quilt yet, and with my father turning 70 next March I felt it was about time to make him a quilt. His favorite colors are blue and red, I picked up a bunch of fabrics but didn't have a pattern. I flipped through my magazines and books and patterns, and searched and searched for a pattern. The PLAN was to make a lap size quilt Dad said he just wants a quilt so he can have naps and keep warm under while watching Hockey. I came across a pattern in a magazine titled :Praline Parfait" it was a nice relatively simple pattern but in beige's, browns and yellows. Not Dad's colors but his favorite ice cream is pralines and cream and so I though perfect! I didn't even look at the size of the quilt, I just started to sew. Well, it's a big bed quilt! Ah well, lucky #3 for not planning the size of the quilt. When it was finished I took the long arm quilting class from Matt Sparrow and quilted this myself in 2 hours! It was lots of fun to quilt, I sure like the long arm quilting.
I haven't seen Dad in 2 years, and tomorrow is Thanksgiving - we fly out to see him. This is a "surprise" early birthday gift. I think he will be tickled to receive it. I must say, it is a really nice quilt when you can get enough distance to see the pattern.
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