Play Date Quilt Work in Progress

The pictures I’m sharing with you today are of my latest quilt.

Before I go into the details …. let me explain why it’s a baby quilt.

I have made a lot of quilts and I have two what I like to call my  ….. Go to Quilts:

1. Flower Quilt
2. Jelly Roll Quilt

I’m ready to find a new quick and easy quilt that I can add to my list of Go to Quilts.

For me a Go to Quilt means I can whip it out with very little thought process …. mainly because by the time I finally get to quilt I’ve worked a full day and I’m too tired to think.

So, I dropped off two quilts to Shirley yesterday and since the fabric store is right down the road ….. I had to swing by and buy something!

As I was shopping … I saw two quilts that caught my eye … and both of them said “Kit Available” …. but do you also remember that I’ve bought a ton of quilt kits and to this day I’ve never made a one?   Well, I decided that the kit to make the baby quilt was one that looked like I could whip it out super fast … making it possibly a Go to Quilt.

I left the store with two kits ….. along with other fabric you will see soon!

By the time I got home I was to tired to do much of anything … so I sat down and tried to read the instructions…. I am determined  to make this quilt!!!

But …. I tried to read the instructions was the key word/sentence!!  I swear my brain does not work like normal people!!   I moaned and groaned for a while … ask Brooke to look at it …. then I turned it over and decided to just look at the picture and just start cutting.  I also got out a piece of paper and wrote down how many rectangles I needed, how many squares and how many white rectangles (making it easier to cut).

The picture below is my work in progress.

Next up … ironing the rows and then the Sashing.

Between you and I … I love the look of sashing ….. but I hate cutting the fabric for it because I need 50″ strips and for me that’s not an easy piece of fabric to cut.   I tried to use a Jelly Roll but it’s a different color of white.  Later tonight … or tomorrow I’ll tackle cutting the sashing.

Long story short … the only reason I’m making a baby quilt is because that was the fabric in the kit.  LOL

It’s super cute and I guess I’ll save it for one of my future grandchildren (I believe I’ve already mentioned that I plan on making future grandchildren quilts this year).

Before I forget … the fabric is Play Date by David Walker for Free Spirit and I bought it one of our local quilt shops here in Kansas (Prairie Point).

See ya!