I used to laugh at the title of Eleanor Burns’ television
and book series, Quilt-in-a-Day. Even
before I made my first quilt I knew: they don’t take hours or days, they take
months or years. Well, I actually made this top in a day. I started stitching
after washing up Tuesday’s lunch dishes. Three hours later when my piano students
started showing up, I’d pieced everything but the border. After piano lessons
we had pasta dinner and headed to the cinema (because Tuesdays the movies are
all $5). Wednesday morning I left the breakfast dishes in the sink and went
back to it. I wanted a fancier border than the kit provided, so I spent an hour
scrounging through my stash for a print that would suit. I finished the top
before 9:00 a.m. I still have to build a fabric “sandwich,” quilt and bind it, so
maybe a quilt in two days.
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